12 Okt 300 Jahr v. Chr. - Great Stupa

Beschreibung:

Date: 300 BCE - 100 CE

Artist: Unknown

Medium: stone masonry, sandstone on dome

Location: Sanchi, Madhya Preadesh, India

Function:
- walkway for circumambulation
- replication of the dome of heaven
- Buddhist shrine

Form:
- Three umbrellas a the top representing Buddha, Buddha's law, and Monastic Orders
-Railing at crest of mound surrounds the umbrellas, symbolically a acred tree
- Double stairway at south end leads from base to drum where there is walkway for circumambulation
- Four Toranas: richly carved scenes on architraves

Comparison:
- Angkor wat
- Parthenon
- Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

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