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Table 3.3:- Time line of Budhhist Architecture Period (Circa)
Description
SI.No.
Name of structure
Place
Image
Bodhgaya,
Mahabodhi Temple Source: (Mahabodhi
temple, 2017)
250 BC
Originally established by Ashoka, and then expanded during the second to the seventh century AD. Its present pyramidal structure dates back to the Gupta empire, in the 5th-6th century AD
Bihar
Dhamek Stupa Source: (Dhamek Stupa,
2017)
Sarnath
249 BC
Dhamek built with a substantial core of bricks, but facing a solid "shell" of stone masonry. It was rebuilt later in 500 AD
Ajanta Caves Source: (Welcome to Ajanta Caves, 2017)
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
200 BC - 480
AD
The caves of Ajanta are ancient monasteries and worshipers of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 250-foot rock face. Both developments of Hinayana and Mahayana are in Ajanta. It began to understand the durability and stiffness of stone as a building material; its understanding gave a streamlined Architecture
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