The stupa has acrylic glass sides and is filled with more than 5, 000 human skulls.

It has been suggested that Pushyamitra may have destroyed the original stupa, and his son Agnimitra rebuilt it.

When the provincial government proposed the seal in 1940, the Fine Arts Department suggested adding a historic building to the seal in addition to the horse, thus it now has the stupa of Phra Tat Cho Hae on the back of the horse.

An area of the Zentralfriedhof has been set aside for this purpose with a stupa in the middle, and was consecrated by a Tibetan monk.

The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking on many diverse forms as details specific to different regions are incorporated into the overall design.

For example, the Kalachakra stupa in southern Spain has approximately 14 000 Tsa-Tsas within.

Thus, the main hall in Tongdosa opens out onto a stupa which the faithful claim contains relics of the Buddha ; Haeinsa has two large buildings holding the Tripitaka Koreana ; and Songgwangsa has several prominent buildings dedicated to its monastic community ( including the numerous Seon ( Zen ) masters the temple has produced ).

The relic itself has been authenticated by several Tibetan rinpoches who had advised Kunga Dorje Rinpoche to build a stupa, but he was unable to do so due to old age.

Beyond its multi-storeyed entry is a cathedral-like stupa hall also known as chaitya, whose ceiling has been carved to give the impression of wooden beams.

The township of Benalmádena has the largest example of a Buddhist stupa in the Western world, Benalmádena Stupa, constructed in 2003.

Ruins of ancient building called Mayura Pirivena ( Mayura Monastery ) has been found to the south-west of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and the ruins of a stupa called Dakkhina Tupa ( Southern Monastery ) can be seen nearby.

Many legends are narrated such as: Guru Padmasambahava preached to sixty-four yoginis here ; it is the residing place of the Goddess Tara Jetsun Dolma and the Khecheopalri Lake is her footprint ; the lake represents the Goddess Chho Pema ; footprints of Macha Zemu Rinpoche are on a stone near the chorten ( stupa ) near the lake ; Hindu god Lord Shiva meditated in Dupukney Cave that is situated above the lake and hence worshipped on " Nag Panchami " day at the lake ; a Lepcha girl named Nenjo Asha Lham was blessed by the lake goddess and was gifted with a precious gem which was lost, and it is the belief of the local people that the gem is hidden in the lake ; the lake water has curative properties and hence permitted to be used only for performing rites and rituals ; and with all these legends, the lake is called a " wish fulfilling lake ".

It has revealed a huge square monastery with a cruciform stupa in its centre, a library building and cluster of votive stupas.

The pagoda consists of simple undecorated pedestal slabs and three-story stupa each of which has five stepped eaves and truncated roofs.

Since its initial establishment suggested to be in the 3rd century, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions until the 1930s due to foreign invasions to the area.

The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, and the original dome-shaped structure of the stupa from India was gradually fused together with the design of ancient Chinese towers to form the shape of the Chinese pagoda.

There has been much confusion over this bell and the 42-ton Maha Tissada ( three-toned ) Gandha Bell donated in 1841 by King Tharrawaddy along with 20 kg of gold plating ; this massive ornate bell hangs in its pavilion in the northeast corner of the stupa.

For these reasons, it has been suggested that the casket may be a 1st century CE re-deposit inside the stupa, so that its actual date would be later than the coins suggest.

* According to an ancient Sri Lankan source, the Mahavamsa, Greek monks seem to have been active proselytizers of Buddhism during the time of Menander: the Yona ( Greek ) Mahadhammarakkhita () is said to have come from " Alasandra " ( thought to be Alexandria of the Caucasus, the city founded by Alexander the Great, near today ’ s Kabul ) with 30, 000 monks for the foundation ceremony of the Maha Thupa (" Great stupa ") at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, during the 2nd century BC:

A mile from Shar-i-Napursan A mound which contains the remains of a stupa, which according to Hieun Tsiang, was built by one Deven and some coins which connect them both to the first century AD have been unearthed Other finds include the image of the goddess Kalika-devi.

The stupa dates to between 200 AD and 750 AD and may have been associated with the 4th century ruler, Raja Chakravarti.

Originally the Kesaria stupa was reported to have been 150 feet tall, 12 feet taller than the Borobodur stupa, which is 138 feet, according to the A. S. I.

Buddhist missionaries from the Mauryan Empire are believed to have been sent by the Emperor Ashoka, including Bury Chan or Praya Chanthabury Pasithisak and five Arahata monks who brought a holy relic ( believed to be the breast bone ) of Lord Buddha to the stupa.

One of the earliest Buddhist sites still in existence is at Sanchi, India, and this is centred on a stupa said to have been built by King Ashoka ( 273-236 BCE ).

The completed stupa would have been the largest in the world at 150 meters.

Buddhist remains, including a stupa, have been found in Ariadhoo Island.

The stupa had been much vandalized and was merely a low mound of rubble and sand.

Buddhist remains have been found in Maalhos, a small porites stupa known locally as ' Mudu ', and a Porites urn with Vajrayana inscriptions.

The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the Maurya king Asoka in the 3rd century BCE, but many works of art were apparently added during the Sunga period, with many friezes from the 2nd century BCE.

All the archaeological objects from the stupa have been moved to the Calcutta's Indian Museum.

The stupa at Dambulla ( Sri Lanka ) is constructed.

( His followers have constructed a chorten or stupa, the The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, located near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, for his remains.

This stupa was constructed in the 3rd century BCE and later enlarged.

The centre includes one of the first Tibetan temples to be constructed in Western Europe, a large stupa, and accommodation for those taking a range of courses on Buddhism, meditation, spiritual development and art.

Later, Mahinda organised for a stupa to be constructed, and a part of the bodily relics of Gautama Buddha were transferred from the Maurya Empire to Sri Lanka.

King Uttiya, who succeeded his brother, organized a state funeral for Mahinda and constructed a stupa to house his relics at Mihintale.

Ongen Rinpoche helped Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye setup the memorial ceremonies and constructed a stupa in honor of the 10th Kenting Tai Situpa.

This general view of the unexcavated Buddhist stupa near Baramulla, with two figures standing on the summit, and another at the base with measuring scales, was taken by John Burke in 1868.

* A 2nd century BC relief from a Buddhist stupa in Bharhut, in eastern Madhya Pradesh ( today at the Indian Museum in Calcutta ), represents a foreign soldier with the curly hair of a Greek and the royal headband with flowing ends of a Greek king, and may be a depiction of Menander.

The present torana at the Sanchi stupa was built around first century BCE to first century CE, by the Satavahana dynasty in ancient India.

The seal of the province shows the stupa at Phra That Si Song Rak, which was built in 1560 by King Maha Chakrapat of the Ayutthaya kingdom and King Chai Chetha of Lan Xang as a symboil of friendship between the two kingdoms.

The original Indic design was gradually modified first by the Pyu, and then by Burmans at Bagan where the stupa gradually developed a longer, cylindrical form.

A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa.

The stupa was vandalized at one point sometime in the 2nd century BCE, an event some have related to the rise of the Sunga emperor Pusyamitra Sunga who overtook the Mauryan Empire as an army general.

On September 11, 2012, the Government of Madhya Pradesh announced the University Of Buddhist and Indic Studies, which is being built in collaboration with the government of Sri Lanka and Bhutan and will be located at Sanchi, in close proximity to the stupa.

One such stupa was discovered at Sopara, an ancient port near Mumbai, and is believed to be one of the most ancient stupas in the world.

The oldest known stupa is the Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath, India, while the tallest is the Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, at a height of 127 metres.

This stupa is characterized by having a central projection at each side containing a triple ladder or steps.

Later on, South India produced several Hindu temples like Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu, and the Kesava Temple at Somanathapura, Brihadeeswara Temple, Thanjavur, the Sun Temple, Konark, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam, and the Buddha stupa ( Chinna Lanja dibba and Vikramarka kota dibba ) at Bhattiprolu.

* ( German ) info about the new stupa with Dhardo's ashes at Vimaladhatu

The Triratna can be found on frieze sculptures at Sanchi as the symbol crowning a flag standard ( 2nd century BCE ), as a symbol of the Buddha installed on the Buddha's throne ( 2nd century BCE ), as the crowning decorative symbol on the later gates at the stupa in Sanchi ( 2nd century CE ), or, very often on the Buddha footprint ( starting from the 1st century CE ).

The imposing stupa enshrining the relic of Shakyamuni Buddha's finger bone, at Famen Temple, a Buddhist complex in Baoji, Shaanxi.

The Buddhist site at Ghazni is known as Tapar Sardar and consists of a stupa on a hilltop, surrounded by a row of smaller stupas.

The Buddhist stupa at Sanchi, built during the Mauryan period