History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c33.s8.13

v2.c33.s8.13

These many-storeyed kyaungs, with the tall seven-storeyed spires (shown in Woodcuts Nos. 447 and 455), bring us back to the many-storeyed temples in Nepâl, which are in all essential respects so nearly identical, that it can hardly be doubted they had a common origin. We are not yet in a position to point out the connecting links which will fuse the detached fragments of this style into a homogeneous whole, but it is probably in China that they must be looked for, only we know so little of the architectural history of the western portion of that great country, that we must wait for further information before even venturing on this subject.