Aesthetic theories underlying Asian performing arts / Kapila Vatsyayan --
Śūnya : immanent and transcendent : investigating meanings of void through art's space / Sung-Min Kim --
The stūpa : symbolizing religious architecture in Asia / Himanshu Prabha Ray --
Merchants, Ghazis, and the inception of an "Islamic" architecture in South Asia / Alka Patel --
Marks and symbols of professionals on Mughal monuments / Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi --
Spatial organization of Paharpur Buddhist establishment / Sandrine Gill --
A study of living culture : typo-morphology of vernacular traditional houses in Kerala / Indah Widiastuti --
Avalokiteśvara as continuing theogony of interiorization / Lokesh Chandra --
The flying messenger / Kapila Vatsyayan --
The Saiva pantheon in Indonesia : acculturation/assimilation/convergence? / Nilima Chitgopekar --
Kāla-Makara-Toranas : Javanese expressions of a shared motif / Parul Pandya Dhar --
Questioning narrativity and inscribed labels : Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, and Borobudur / Vidya Dehejia --
Understanding the painted Jatakas in ancient India and Sri Lanka / M. Somathilake --
Crown jewels of Buddhist art : comparisons between Ajanta and Dunhuang / Chang Wen-Ling --
A system of knowledge transmission : the narrative in Indonesia (c. AD 700-900) / Malini Saran --
A comparative study of the Wayang Kulit and the Tolpavakoothu shadow puppet theatre / I. Nyoman Sedana.

Contributed articles emanating from two conferences held at India International Centre, New Delhi on April 26-27, 2004, and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 25-27, 2004; part of IIC-Asia Project.