De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 70
a circle of stone column-posts, slender like reeds,and surmounted by a capital. A second characteristic form of Buddhistic architectureappears in the Viharas. Buddha had set the example of the ART OF EASTERN ASIA 41 contemplative life, and his followers returned to caves formeditation. Soon the… … CAVE OF KARLI. SECTION AND GROUND-PLAN Note the Resemblance of the Latter to that of the Roman Basilica, Type of Early Christian Church bore a remarkable resemblance in their plan to the ChristianBasilica, having even an apse at one end, in which rested astatue of Buddha. By degrees the adherents…
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