The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s12.14

c12.s12.14

The expansion of Hindu positivism in Tibet is to be seen in the influence of the *Śilpaśāstras* on the architecture, sculpture and painting of the Tibetan people. Literary evidences are forthcoming to the effect that the architectural terminology in connection with the construction of Chaityas used by the Tibetans was derived almost entirely from Indian masters.