History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.53

v1.c19.s4.53

² Among the sculptures of the Gandhâra monasteries are several representing façades of buildings. They may be cells or chaitya halls, but, at all events, they are almost exact reproductions of the façade of this rath (see Woodcut No. 123, page 216). Being used as frameworks for sculpture, the northern examples are, of course, conventionalised; but it is impossible to mistake the identity of intention.