Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s5.1

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s5.1

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BOTH SAIVISM AND demon worship are practised along with Buddhism in Tibet. King Sron-btsang-gam-po (A.D. 629 to 650) married two Buddhist princesses, one from China and the other from Nepal, and thus Buddhism was introduced in Tibet. ‘He is said to have built the monastery of Labrang, in the centre of Lhasa (A.D. 644), with perhaps the largest temple, as it is the most ancient in the country. His Chinese queen had brought with her a famous sandal-wood image of Śākyamuni and another of Ānanda, and for these was erected, about 650, the Ramoche temple, a little to the north-east of Labrang.’