De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 69
the adherents of Buddhism,who sought refuge in China, Japan, and the Malayanislands. With the triumph of Buddhism in India, the monumentalart creations seem to have begun. King Asoka is said to 89 40 A SHORT HISTORY OF ART have erected 84,000 buildings, in which were distributedthe rehcs of Buddha.… … THUPARAMAYA-DAGOBANote the Cupola-like Building and the Stone Column-posts on the outside with dressed stones. Sometimes these build-ings presented a series of cupola-like forms, diminishing insize, and had four handsome portals, with slender columnsand lintels, the design of which was based on an…
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