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Lkesh Chandra
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Buddhist Paintings of Tun-Huang
In the National Museum, New Delhi
By Lkesh Chandra and Nirmala Shirma
The Tun-huang caves are the epitome of Buddhist art over the centuries. Situated at the foot of the Mountain of Singing Sands, they are believed to be the brush of the Buddha, where, according to legend, an itinerant monk Yüeh-ts'un watched the irridescent peaks in the sheen of blue satin, settle...