Another monastary [sic] with small votive stupas was also found at Jualian [sic] which belong to the Kushan Period, The Jualian stupas are richly ornamented with stucco figures of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas with worshippers, curious Yakshas and female figures with children and attendants, Much of the original stupa form has been suppressed in this version of a votive shrine, notice that the mound is little more than a disc inverted over the top of the high wedding-cake-like terraces, One is reminded of a clefted mountain housing numerous hermits when one studies how the small figures are stoically placed all over the stupa
Base of the stupa, a notched square plan, representing the earth, detail of molding; The Miaoying si...
Ming Dynasty Stupa located at Zhulin Temple. Zhulin Temple is located six kilometers southwest of th...
The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by King Asoka as one of his many religious and civic ...
Probably the most important of the monuments at Taxila is the Dharmarajika Stupa or Chir Tope as it ...
The worship of relics is an old tradition in India, Even the first stupas were actually reliquary sh...
This unusual stupa is built on top of a tower, with receding storeys, The stupa is on a double circu...
Originally more than 40 feet high, is characteristic of even larger Gandhara stupas in its elevation...
In the civinity of Taxila are the Mohra Moradu monuments, probably the best preserved and most inter...
Certain subordinate figures long used in minor decoration of stupas and shrines are given more prono...
This stupa is, in the Gandharan manner, mounted on a high square socle and decorated with motifs fro...
The stone stupa was unearthed from the pit of Beiwu Village (Beiwuzhuang 北吳莊) in Handan, Hebei Provi...
Chronologically, this pillar, carved with a Yaksha figure, dates between the Sanchi Stupa No. 2 and ...
The object of the present article is to point out the existence of a group of twelve «miniature» vot...
The stupas at Sanchi seem to have been built first in the time of Asoka, chiefly to house the relics...
There are more than 130 Huishen (灰身) stupas found in the site of Lingquansi (灵泉寺). Most of them are ...
Base of the stupa, a notched square plan, representing the earth, detail of molding; The Miaoying si...
Ming Dynasty Stupa located at Zhulin Temple. Zhulin Temple is located six kilometers southwest of th...
The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by King Asoka as one of his many religious and civic ...
Probably the most important of the monuments at Taxila is the Dharmarajika Stupa or Chir Tope as it ...
The worship of relics is an old tradition in India, Even the first stupas were actually reliquary sh...
This unusual stupa is built on top of a tower, with receding storeys, The stupa is on a double circu...
Originally more than 40 feet high, is characteristic of even larger Gandhara stupas in its elevation...
In the civinity of Taxila are the Mohra Moradu monuments, probably the best preserved and most inter...
Certain subordinate figures long used in minor decoration of stupas and shrines are given more prono...
This stupa is, in the Gandharan manner, mounted on a high square socle and decorated with motifs fro...
The stone stupa was unearthed from the pit of Beiwu Village (Beiwuzhuang 北吳莊) in Handan, Hebei Provi...
Chronologically, this pillar, carved with a Yaksha figure, dates between the Sanchi Stupa No. 2 and ...
The object of the present article is to point out the existence of a group of twelve «miniature» vot...
The stupas at Sanchi seem to have been built first in the time of Asoka, chiefly to house the relics...
There are more than 130 Huishen (灰身) stupas found in the site of Lingquansi (灵泉寺). Most of them are ...
Base of the stupa, a notched square plan, representing the earth, detail of molding; The Miaoying si...
Ming Dynasty Stupa located at Zhulin Temple. Zhulin Temple is located six kilometers southwest of th...
The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by King Asoka as one of his many religious and civic ...