existence in 670. It was known as Yumbu Lagang.
Different buildings were subsequently erected without
regard to any consistent scheme. I confess that I
find it difficult to reconcile the present pile with the
description or sketch by Grueber. This traveller was
in Lhasa in 1661, nineteen years after the reputed
Street scene in Lhasa : eastern gate of Potala.
completion of the present building, but his picture.of
it is utterly unlike' the reality. There must have been
enormous additions in the 18th century, and even
later, for Manning’s note as to the lack of balance
and plan in its architecture is surely unjust. *
The zigzag stairs, protected by échelon balustrades,
lead downwards into the great square court
* See the plate, p. 281.
