Kim clicked round the self-registering turnstile ; the old man followed and halted amazed . In the entrance-hall stood the larger figures of the Greco-Buddhist sculptures done , savants know how long since , by forgotten workmen whose hands were feeling , and not unskilfully , for the mysteriously transmitted Grecian touch . There were hundreds of pieces , friezes of figures in relief , fragments of statues and slabs crowded with figures that had encrusted the brick walls of the Buddhist stupas and viharas of the North Country and now , dug up and labelled , made the pride of the Museum . In open-mouthed wonder the lama turned to this and that , and finally checked in rapt attention before a large alto-relief representing a coronation or apotheosis of the Lord Buddha . The Master was represented seated on a lotus the petals of which were so deeply undercut as to show almost detached . Round Him was an adoring hierarchy of kings , elders , and old-time Buddhas . Below were lotus-covered waters with fishes and water-birds . Two butterfly-winged devas held a wreath over His head ; above them another pair supported an umbrella surmounted by the jewelled headdress of the Bodhisat . ` The Lord ! The Lord ! It is Sakya Muni himself , ' the lama half sobbed ; and under his breath began the wonderful Buddhist invocation : To Him the Way , the Law , apart , Whom Maya held beneath her heart , Ananda 's Lord , the Bodhisat . ` And He is here ! The Most Excellent Law is here also . My pilgrimage is well begun . And what work ! What work ! ' ` Yonder is the Sahib . ' said Kim , and dodged sideways among the cases of the arts and manufacturers wing . A white-bearded Englishman was looking at the lama , who gravely turned and saluted him and after some fumbling drew forth a note-book and a scrap of paper . ` Yes , that is my name , ' smiling at the clumsy , childish print .
` One of us who had made pilgrimage to the Holy Places -- he is now Abbot of the Lung-Cho Monastery -- gave it me , ' stammered the XXXXX .
Ananda Buddhas Buddhist Kim lama note-book savants slabs stupas viharas