A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c22.7
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c22.7
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Page 316. The Lahore Museum has lately acquired at a cost of Rs. 3090 a set of twelve Tibetan banners, including one which represents the Wheel of Life, and others illustrating various scenes from Buddhist legend, which may be compared with the Gandhāra sculptures. The best, ‘a real masterpiece,’ is a figure of Padmasambhava, who converted Tibet to Buddhism (*Ann. Progr. Rep. Supert. of Hindu and Buddhist Monuments, N. Circle*, 1910–11).