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Stupa 1

File / Documentation
Name

248235_sv.jpg

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950.32 KB

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JPEG

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Creator(s)
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Time period
creation date: brick core of Stupa 1, 3rd century BCE, alteration date: Stupa 1 enlarged to present size, ca. 150 BCE-2, alteration date: Stupa 1 embellished with 4 monumental gates, ca. 50 BCE
Location
Site: Sanchi (India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Buddhist
Description
detail, north torana, sculpture of lion, 1965
Work type
Stupa
Medium
stone
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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