3 magg 100 anni a. C. - 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

Stupa = heap
Buddhist architecture
Used for burial and serves as a monument.

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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