Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.25

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Yuwan Chwang who visited the place writes about the monastery: "In the midst of long galleries with eaves for walking under and high towers, the storeyed building reaches to the height of five storeys, each storey with four halls and vihāras enclosed. In each vihāra was a statue of the Buddha cast is gold, of life size, wrought with consummate art and singularly adorned."