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The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)

Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 62

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l, sur-mounted bv a dome. No buildings are held in greater veneration bythe faithful than the dagobas of India, since many con-tain a portion of the mortal remains of Sakya Munior Buddha. But architecturally they are only interesting fromtheir peculiarity of arrangement, which consists of aseries… … o ft s H uu W w H<! -I ■IIP. -j kittjqmm - ■■£**%$■? 4o INDIA, INDO-CHINA, AND JAVA. Buddhist architecture in India, all are rock cut likethose of Ipsamboul, in Nubia (see page 21). The old-est and most celebrated is the Temple of Karli (PlateIII), and a complete understanding of this cave of…

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