About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)

Prof. Thomas Eugene Donaldson of Cleveland State university is a leading authority on Indian art, particularly Orissa art, as he has been studying and writing on the subject for more than three decades. His works include a monumental three-volume study titled Hindu temple Art of Orissa (1985-87), Kamadeva's Pleasure Garden in Orissa (1987), Sculptural Masterpieces from Orissa: Style and Iconography, coauthored with K. S. Behera (1998), Ornaments of Orissa, co-authored by R. P. Mohapatra (1998), Iconography of Vaisnava image in Orissa (2001), and The Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa - 2 vols. (2001), Tantra and Sakta Art of Orissa - 3 vols. (2002). He is currently engaged in an in-depth study of "Bhairava" and "Camunda" images of the Hindu pantheon.