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... Tibetan structures . Tibetan religious buildings retained indigenous solid masonry , epitomized by the Potala Palace of Lhasa , enclosing the magnif- icent carving of the interior that abounds in Indian and Nepalese motifs . The flowing ...
... Tibetan structures . Tibetan religious buildings retained indigenous solid masonry , epitomized by the Potala Palace of Lhasa , enclosing the magnif- icent carving of the interior that abounds in Indian and Nepalese motifs . The flowing ...
Page 193
... Tibetan GYANGZÊ , Massive walls of stone , brick , and mud built in Chiang - tzu , Tibet , to defend the city from Mongol attacks Fosco Maraini - Monkmeyer town in the southern part of the Tibetan au- tonomous ch'ü ( region ) , China ...
... Tibetan GYANGZÊ , Massive walls of stone , brick , and mud built in Chiang - tzu , Tibet , to defend the city from Mongol attacks Fosco Maraini - Monkmeyer town in the southern part of the Tibetan au- tonomous ch'ü ( region ) , China ...
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... Tibetan royal court . West of Dbus was the province of Gtsang . Its area em- braced several river valleys that converge with that of the Brahmaputra . Chief among these is the Nyang - Chu valley , which runs from the northwest to the ...
... Tibetan royal court . West of Dbus was the province of Gtsang . Its area em- braced several river valleys that converge with that of the Brahmaputra . Chief among these is the Nyang - Chu valley , which runs from the northwest to the ...
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