Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.168
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.168
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The Calcutta Art Gallery possesses some remarkable examples of the painted banners which are hung in Buddhist monasteries and temples in Nepal, Tibet, and China. In Tibet they are painted by a certain class of Lamas who kept alive the Indian Buddhist art-traditions in painting as well as in wood-carving which were introduced from Nepal by the Tibetan King, Srong-tsan-