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Page 184
... stupa , a form that the Chinese rarely seem to have copied . The brick and stone pagodas are tiered structures with the stories marked by projecting string courses ( decorative horizontal bands ) and architectural features borrowed from ...
... stupa , a form that the Chinese rarely seem to have copied . The brick and stone pagodas are tiered structures with the stories marked by projecting string courses ( decorative horizontal bands ) and architectural features borrowed from ...
Page 198
... stupa form most commonly seen today in the Tibetan chorten . The Mongols were ardent converts to Tibetan Buddhism and tolerant of the Taoists , but they seem to have found existing temples enough for their purposes for they made few new ...
... stupa form most commonly seen today in the Tibetan chorten . The Mongols were ardent converts to Tibetan Buddhism and tolerant of the Taoists , but they seem to have found existing temples enough for their purposes for they made few new ...
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