may 4, 100 - Great Stupa at Sanchi
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300 BCE-100 CE
Stone masonry, sandstone on dome
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
Earliest stupas are said to have contained the ashes of Buddha, so then the stupa became associated with the body of Buddha.
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