Picturesque Nepal . evoid of symbolism,and its sanctuary is a severely empty building,wholly unadorned with images or , secure in jtsJEIijaalayan fastness,remained untouched _by this epoch-makingcurrent which jpermanently changed everyaspect of the great countries with which itcamFlntcr contact, and therefore its value to the student of OrientaLhistory is the words_of Fergusson, Nepal presents uswith a completejrnicrocosiiLjQ£ wasin the seveiryi_jceiitury,_-wh£n_J^visited it—when the Buddhist and Brahmanicalreligions fiourished_side by^idejand ^vh
Picturesque Nepal . evoid of symbolism,and its sanctuary is a severely empty building,wholly unadorned with images or , secure in jtsJEIijaalayan fastness,remained untouched _by this epoch-makingcurrent which jpermanently changed everyaspect of the great countries with which itcamFlntcr contact, and therefore its value to the student of OrientaLhistory is the words_of Fergusson, Nepal presents uswith a completejrnicrocosiiLjQ£ wasin the seveiryi_jceiitury,_-wh£n_J^visited it—when the Buddhist and Brahmanicalreligions fiourished_side by^idejand ^vheiijthe,distjnctive features of the various rac£s_werefar more marked than they have sinne-heooyyv^under the powerful solvent of the Mohammedandomination. The situation represented by the foregoingwould tend to indicate that Nepal, especiallythe Valley, lay_jn__a__secuTe_^^_^ocket in themountains, and, entirely undisturbed, heardthe legions tlumder past, but such is notexactly the case. Through the kingdom runs. 4. bl) O < OJ c ?a tH a < J ?M r-. ;_, rt < P CJ ;h c nJ o i: D rl ^ is ^ < o o CHINESE INFLUENCE 135 one of the thoroughfares—a long and tortuousone, it is true, but nevertheless a line of communieation—connecting India witli the Chinese Empire. To the constant intercoursebetween these two different countries, andthe influences at various times exercised fromthe one or the other, is due the generalcharacter of the architecture of Nepal. Duringthe Buddhist^perjod, the inhabitants of theValley looked^ jto India for inspiration^ andguidance, and the buildings of this early timeare of the solid stone order,_in the manner ofthe Chaityas and S tup as of the GreatTeachers native country. It is possible thatin Nepal in the third century Asoka him-self introduced this style when he visited theValley and built the four large Buddhisttemples at Patau, one opposite to each of thecardinal points of the compass. These arestill in evidence at the present day
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