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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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rewarded by the discovery of art remains far older and of
far wider interest than those relics of Tibetan occupation.
These came to light from the debris mounds of some
Buddhist shrines surviving wind erosion and scattered over
the bare ground in the vicinity of the fort. These shrines,
as conclusive archaeological evidence showed, must have
been in ruins long before the Tibetan occupation led to the
erection of the fort. At the ruin to which my attention had
already been directed on my first visit to the site, two stories
could be clearly distinguished. Destruction, mainly by wind
erosion, had completely removed the stucco decoration
from the upper one. But when we came to clear the lower
one from the encumbering masses of debris there came to
light half-engaged columns of strikingly Persepolitan look
and scanty remains of life-size statues which once filled the
niches between them (Fig. 51). As the heavy debris was being
removed along the passage which once enclosed the whole
oblong fane we soon came upon a colossal head in stucco,
representing a Buddha. It measured fully seventeen inches
across the temple. As the material was merely a coarse clay
mixed with straw, the lifting and subsequent safe packing
of this heavy mass of sculpture was no easy task.
This and several other colossal heads subsequently un-
earthed all showed with equal clearness modelling in
Graeco-Buddhist style. The origin of this and several other
colossal heads was revealed when the clearing of the passage
showed its outer wall to be lined by the torsos of six huge
figures seated with folded legs. Across the knees they measured
a little over seven feet. The surviving drapery of these colos-
sal seated Buddhas proved how closely the sculptor in far-
away Lop had followed the elaborate arrangement of the
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