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0339 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 339 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000234
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cover of drift sand, as testified by the extremely friable condition of
the few recovered fragments of coloured stucco that belonged to this
image. The front of the base, which was nearly 3 ft. broad,
proved to be flanked on either side by the half-detached figure of a
lion, and was thus manifestly meant to represent the 'Simhasana,'
or 'lion's throne,' on which ancient Indian tradition seated both
heavenly and earthly rulers. The heads of the lions had decayed