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audience halls, and *chaityas* (tombs) of the Dalai Lamas. On its roof are the gilded pavilions of Chinese style that render it so conspicuous in the landscape. ‘It was built by the first Dalai Lama between 1642 and 1650 on the ruins of the ancient fortress of Sron-btsang-gam-po, on a hill in the west of Lhasa, rising about 300 feet above the plain.’¹ The most of the remaining monasteries, even of later days, are, however, of Indian origin and style. One of these later monasteries is situated at Depung, three or four miles from Lhasa, and ‘contains fully 7,000 inmates, mostly devoted to exorcism and magic. It was founded in 1414, and is said to be named or modelled after the early Indian monastery of Dhanyakataka or Amaravati.’² It is of the same plan as of other monasteries: ‘within the enclosure is a large temple surrounded by four chapels, and a palace of Lhasa Lama.’