Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c16.28

c16.28

³ In Tibet, forming the central features of a Lamasary on the highway from India approaching the important Lamaistic city of Gyantse, there is an example of somewhat these dimensions, showing the manner in which this feat of the combination of sculpture with architecture was effected. The colossal statue of the seated Buddha in this instance not of metal but built up of composite structural materials is enclosed within a pagoda-like building in several stories with apertures at each stage from which a portion of the figure may be viewed, the uppermost bringing the spectator face to face with the immense sacred visage