The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 73National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 313
... Yun Kang caves and carving the Buddhas . These impressed workers had some artistic skill and prac- tical knowledge of cave temples , for under Buddhist influence they had constructed similar monuments in their former home . The work at Yun ...
... Yun Kang caves and carving the Buddhas . These impressed workers had some artistic skill and prac- tical knowledge of cave temples , for under Buddhist influence they had constructed similar monuments in their former home . The work at Yun ...
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... Yun Kang must have been con- sidered a strategic position in many periods of warfare . On the height above the cliff is a huge horseshoe - shaped " spirit wall " of adobe , flanked by towers . At its center is a small temple in a bold ...
... Yun Kang must have been con- sidered a strategic position in many periods of warfare . On the height above the cliff is a huge horseshoe - shaped " spirit wall " of adobe , flanked by towers . At its center is a small temple in a bold ...
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... Yun Kang . Buddha rides his horse while . a ceremonial umbrella is carried above him . In the earlier Indian sculptures of the life of Buddha at Sanchi and Amaravati , the figure of Buddha is always omitted as being too holy to be ...
... Yun Kang . Buddha rides his horse while . a ceremonial umbrella is carried above him . In the earlier Indian sculptures of the life of Buddha at Sanchi and Amaravati , the figure of Buddha is always omitted as being too holy to be ...
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