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Page 5
... figure of Tara - Bodhisattva on every fast day of the year ; and Yuan Chwang tells us that " the kings and ministers and the great people of the neighbouring countries offered exquisite perfumes and flowers , and carried gem - covered ...
... figure of Tara - Bodhisattva on every fast day of the year ; and Yuan Chwang tells us that " the kings and ministers and the great people of the neighbouring countries offered exquisite perfumes and flowers , and carried gem - covered ...
Page 6
... figures , and similar figures were also found in the large niches in the north and south walls of the portico . The brick walls here as well as the ground where charcoal is lying even now- bear unmistakable traces of burning . From this ...
... figures , and similar figures were also found in the large niches in the north and south walls of the portico . The brick walls here as well as the ground where charcoal is lying even now- bear unmistakable traces of burning . From this ...
Page 6
... figures on pedestals , which Dr. Spooner thinks were removed when the monastery was deserted . In the centre of the east side , and projecting from the back wall , was the chapel enshrining a colossal stucco figure of the seated Buddha ...
... figures on pedestals , which Dr. Spooner thinks were removed when the monastery was deserted . In the centre of the east side , and projecting from the back wall , was the chapel enshrining a colossal stucco figure of the seated Buddha ...
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... figures were erected to inspire the monks with nobler aims , were apparently no longer desired , and therefore filled in . Evidence of this is to be found in the fineness of the outer face of the brick walls exposed to the court- yard ...
... figures were erected to inspire the monks with nobler aims , were apparently no longer desired , and therefore filled in . Evidence of this is to be found in the fineness of the outer face of the brick walls exposed to the court- yard ...
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... figure within appear to view . One panel is entirely taken up with the heraldic mask so popular in Gupta art and in the art of later times , down to the coming of the Moslems . Another shows a human - headed bird with very flowery tail ...
... figure within appear to view . One panel is entirely taken up with the heraldic mask so popular in Gupta art and in the art of later times , down to the coming of the Moslems . Another shows a human - headed bird with very flowery tail ...
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