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The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.186

The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.186

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c11.s1.186

II. — The plan corresponds exactly in dimensions with the elevation placed above. Just as the elevation shows the arrangement of the decorative architectural elements, niches and cupolas, so the plan enables us to get a clear idea of the distribution of the galleries, both polygonal and circular, of the staircases, and of the gargoyles for carrying off the rain water. (Cf. p. 211.)