Stupa or Tope

A stupa (from Sanskrit and Pāli: literally meaning “heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, once thought to be places of Buddhist worship, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint.

Keywords

mound, heap, relics, stupa, tope, indian architecture, buddhist architecture

Galleries

India, Buddhism

Source

A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)

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