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is hardly any similarity between the two buildings.
Chandra Das calls the architecture of the Gyantse
building unique. In a way this is true, but the lower
part represents fairly well on a minute scale— the whole
base is only 120 feet each way— the great vihara of
Inside the Palkhor choide (Monastery of Gyantse).
Capt. O ’Connor is assuring the monks that so long as they do not interfere in military
affairs they and their temples w ill be safeguarded.
Boro-Bodoer in the middle of Java. There is the same
number of balustraded terraces, and the sides of each
contracting stage are broken by square projections in
a similar way. The photograph on page 211 will show
the plan of each successive storey. Each projection
or angle contains a small chapel. The upper part of
the structure consists of a large white drum with four
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