Abstract
tupa, Tope, or Dagaba is considered a sacred monument of the Buddhist people. The concept germinated in very early times and was pre-Buddhistic. After the death of the Buddha, such mounds of relics were attributed to a special significance. Preliminary constructed as a hemispherical dome thought the passing of time it became cruciform in plan and pyramidal in elevation.
MAHUA CHAKRABARTI , ANURA MANATUNGA. (2020) STUPAS WITH CRUCIFORM PLANS – A REVIEW OF EXAMPLES IN CENTRAL, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES, Pakistan Heritage, Volume 11, Issue 1.
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