Book excerpt: Encompassing the sheer beauty and variety of traditional Indian designs, this fascinating store of decorative motifs is inspired by a 5,000-year-old artistic heritage. Hundreds of unique black-and-white embellishments have been precisely adapted from a wide range of cultural artifacts: coins and pottery from South India, Ajanta and Bagh murals, Muslim monuments, textiles from Gujarat and Punjab, as well as designs from masks and other tribal pieces. A stimulating and immediately usable archive for today's illustrators, designers, and art enthusiasts!