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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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sattva, life-size, seen on p. 459, is of interest both on account
of the elaborate drapery shown in the lower garment and of the
carefully indicated strings of jewels which cover the breast and
arms. Both in style and arrangement these jewels bear the closest
resemblance to those displayed by many Græco-Buddhist sculptures
from the ruined Stupas and monasteries of the north-west frontier
of India.
On the relievos of the outer south-east wall, which the photo-
graph, p. 458, represents just as they were found in the course
of excavation, the careful execution of rich drapery and the
elegant proportions of the hands and heads may be particularly
noticed. The photograph opposite shows the grouping of
colossal statues on the outer walls of the south corner. The
images on the extreme right, which still reached with their
shoulders to a height of 8 feet, could not be completely cleared of
sand, as the weight of the intact upper portions made a collapse
imminent if the support of the mass of sand that enveloped the
lower limbs were removed. The remains in the foreground belong
to a kind of outer passage wall, decorated on both sides, which
appears to have been added at this corner only. The relievos of
this apex-shaped screen, which perhaps represents a later embel-
lishment of the Stupa court, showed remarkably delicate work in
the plaques of the halos, but had unfortunately suffered much
damage owing to the thinness of the wall and its exposed position.
The way in which small detached stucco representations of Buddha,
in the attitude of teaching or meditation, mostly replicas, were
found deposited at the feet of the larger images is illustrated by
the view, p. 462, showing torsos of colossal statues along the inner
south-east wall.
The entrance gate to the Stupa court leading through this wall
was flanked on either side by two life-sized statues, which inter-
ested me greatly as the only figures found of a quasi-secular
character. Though the upper portions of their bodies had broken
away and were recovered only in fragments, there can be no doubt
as to their representing the 'Dvarapalas,' or "Guardians of the
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