Indian Serpent-Lore or The Nagas in Hindu Legend and Art by J. Ph. Vogel Professor Jean Philippe Vogel (1872-1958), Sanskritist and archaeologist, was one of the great Indologists of the early twentieth century. Between 1899 and 1914 Vogel he travelled widely throughout India, observing first hand the extent and variety of Naga worship as he did so. He was also a Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Archaeology at the University of Leiden, and for a time Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey in India. This book is a study of the deified serpents or Nagas whose presence permeates Hindu and Buddhist lore. With 30 illustrations on full page black and white plates. As the author comments, Nagas appear in Indian literature and art in a seemingly endless variety of aspects, most commonly as a water spirit, but also as "the primitive type of the reptile endowed with the magic properties which we are wont to associate with the dragon of western fable," through to that of a shape-changing d