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Sl.No.
9
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Name of structure
Ghantashala stupa Source: (Into the Glory of Ghantasala, 2017)
University of Nalanda
Source: (Nalanda (Mahavihara), 2017)
Place
Table 3.3:- Time line of Budhhist Architecture
Period (Circa)
Vijaywada,
Andhra Pradesh
Nalanda, Bihar
Description
The stupa is of an exclusive design that recalls the Architecture of the Satavahana periods and is also
1st century BC known as 'Maha Chaitya'. It is a brick arrangement
5th to 12th century AD
82
that forms a cubic solid placed at the center that is embellished with twelve signs of the zodiac.
A large Buddhist monastery in the ancient kingdom of Magadha. The excavations revealed eleven monasteries and six large brick temples arranged in an orderly manner.
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