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It is also found:
.
In India - It is the sign of Happiness
or Chintamani
.
In China - It appears in the Temple
of Heaven
.
In Tibet - It is found in the Three
Treasures of Tibet
.
On the breast of the Christ in Memline's
well known painting,
The Adoration of Christ
.
On the Madonna of Strasbourg
.
On the Shields of the Crusaders
and coat of arms of the Templars
.
On the blades of the caucasian swords
known as "Gurda"
.
On ancient Russian Ikons
.
On Ethiopian and Coptic Antiquities
.
On the Rocks of Mongolia
.
On the breast ornament of all the
Himalayan peoples
.
On the pottery of the Neolithic Age
.
On Buddhist Banners
.
On the images of the legendary heros
Gesar Khan and Rigden Djapo
.
And last but not least, on the Roerich
Banner of Peace, an international pact
which was introduced to the United
Nations, in New York,
in 1929 and signed into existence by President Roosevelt
in 1935 along with twenty other countries. It was supported by such
dignitaries as George Bernard Shaw,
Albert Einstein, H. G. Wells and
Rabindranath Tagore.
It represents 36 years of Nicholas Roerich's untiring work
to bring this symbol and idea of Peace into the Western World.
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