________________ PLATE XXVIII Dr. A. S. Altekar, Director of Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna the excavator of the Relics Stupa of the Buddha (567-487 B. C.) at Vaisali, explaining to Dr. Zakir Hussain, Governor of Bihar, as to how the stupa passed through the various stages of development in succeeding periods
