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 CHINESE ARCHITECTURE. BOOK IX. It has three openings of pleasing proportions, and is as well designed as any to be found in China. Behind it is to be seen the dagaba, to which it leads : a tall form, with a reverse slope, and an exaggerated Hti, so altered from those we are accustomed to in the earlier days of Indian architecture, 493- Monumental Gateway of Buddhist Monastery, Pekin. by Beato. ) (From a Photograph that it requires some familiarity with the intermediate forms in Nepal and Burma to feel sure that it is the direct lineal descendant of the topes at Sanchi or Manikyala. The dagaba is square on plan, with an octagonal minaret at each angle,