The Kanishka Stupa ( Sanskrit :कनिष्क स्तूप ) was a monumental stupa established by the Kushan king Kanishka during the 2nd century CE in today's Shaji-ki-Dheri...
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stupa. The Buddhist text Śrīdharmapiṭakanidānasūtra—known via a Chinese translation made in AD 472—refers to the conquest of Pataliputra by Kanishka....
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deposit chamber under the monumental Kanishka stupa (described by Chinese pilgrims in the 7th century as the tallest stupa in all India), during the archeological...
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Stupa In Buddhism, a stupa (Sanskrit: स्तूप, lit. 'heap', IAST: stūpa) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra –...
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the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in the ancient...
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Shaji-ki-Dheri (category Stupas in Pakistan)
Shaji-ki-Dheri is the site of an ancient Kanishka stupa about 6 kilometers from Peshawar, Pakistan. French archaeologist Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher...
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The Dharmarajika Stupa (W.Panjabi & Urdu: دھرم راجک اسٹوپا), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan....
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the towering design of the second Kanishka stupa. According to current understanding, the shape of the main stupa is cruciform, and it is the largest...
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The Butkara Stupa (Pashto: بت کړه سټوپا) is an important Buddhist stupa near Mingora, in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been built by the Mauryan...
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reign of Kanishka Kanishka stupa, established during the 2nd century CE near Peshawar, Pakistan Air India Flight 182, named after Emperor Kanishka Kaniška...
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Sirkap (section Round stupa)
the Saka rulers. The nearby Dharmarajika Stupa, is a large stupa that dates from the 2nd century CE. The stupa was built to house relics of the Buddha...
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Jaulian (section Main stupa)
Taxilan city of Sirsukh. Moreover, Piplan Remains, Badalpur Stupa and Jinnah Wali Dheri Stupa are nearby places. Jaulian was built in the 2nd-century CE –...
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Walton Dobbins. East and West, 18 (1968), pp. 151–162. The Stūpa and Vihāra of Kanishka I. K. Walton Dobbins. (1971). The Asiatic Society of Bengal Monograph...
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The Kanishka casket, dated to the first year of Kanishka's reign in 127, was signed by a Greek artist named Agesilas, who oversaw work at Kanishka's stupas...
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king Kanishka, as well as early Parthian and subsequent Kushan kings. The second construction period, which included the creation of the Stupa Court...
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later coinage came to reflect its new Hindu majority. The monumental Kanishka stupa is believed to have been established by the king near the outskirts...
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learning. The giant Kanishka stupa at Peshawar, which may have been the tallest building in the world at the time, was built by King Kanishka to house Buddhist...
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400-foot Kanishka stupa at Peshawar. This tower was reported by Chinese monks Faxian, Song Yun, and Xuanzang who visited the country. The stupa was built...
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cubs. The stupa is said to have been built during the reign of Kanishka between 128 and 151 CE. An alternate theory suggest that the stupa is one of 84...
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Ahin Posh (category Stupas in Afghanistan)
Kadphises and Kanishka, now in the British Museum. Gold coin of Kanishka, with depiction of the Buddha, found in Ahin Posh. Ahin Posh stupa Buddha, Simpson...
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of Pakistan, consisting of many stupas and religious buildings where many Buddhist statues were discovered. The stupas were excavated by Alexander Caddy...
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Dhamek Stupa (also spelled Dhamekh and Dhamekha) is a massive stupa located at the archaeological site of Sarnath in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India...
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century CE) which may indicate some connection with the famous Kanika (Kanishka) stupa at Sani Monastery in nearby Zangskar. Handa, though, both these images...
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Benalmádena Stupa is a stupa in Benalmádena, Málaga in the Andalusian region of southern Spain, overlooking Costa del Sol. It is 33 m (108 ft) high and...
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Kushan Empire (section Kanishka I (c. 127 – c. 150))
Sivaramamurti 1976, p. 56-59. Loeschner, Hans (July 2012). "The Stūpa of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka the Great" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers. 227: 11. Bopearachchi...
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121 1887 Phra Pathommachedi Nakhon Pathom Thailand 396 120.45 1870 Kanishka stupa Peshawar Pakistan 400 120 200 Destroyed by White Huns in 460 CE. Pharos...
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Mankiala (category Stupas in Pakistan)
Punjab near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, known for the nearby Mankiala stupa – a Buddhist stupa located at the site where, according to legend, Buddha sacrificed...
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Swayambhunath (redirect from Swayambhu Stupa)
only to Boudha. Swayambhu is the Hindu name. The complex consists of a stupa, a variety of shrines and temples, some dating back to the Licchavi period...
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caravanserai. Alexander Cunningham identified Gor Khatri with where Kanishka stupa initially was. Ahmad Hasan Dani further discovers that it was also where...
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staircases protruding out from the base on each side. This is seen in the Kanishka stupa dating to the Kushan and to Top-i-Rustam in Balkh. The form follows...
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