To this day, historians of Chinese art find the best surviving examples of Tang-dynasty architecture among the seventh- and eighth-century temples in and around Nara.
Nara contains only ruins, and shows no evidence of ever having intact architecture there.
mnli hypothesis: Nara contains only ruins, and shows no evidence of ever having intact architecture there. premise: To this day, historians of Chinese art find the best surviving examples of Tang-dynasty architecture among the seventh- and eighth-century temples in and around Nara.