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"Imposing externally, with skyscraper-like sloping walls, gilded roofs and bells crwoning the chortens, it has richly decorated sanctuaries, reception and state rooms."

—Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p124.

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Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. discussion, p124, photo, p122, fC. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com

F. S. Chapman. Lhasa, The Holy City. London, 1940.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com

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