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Stupa 1

File / Documentation
Name

248250_sv.jpg

Size

1.25 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

799d4c2f0fc3c5c53c70b4fb441258d5

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, bas-relief carving on torana with animal and human figures, 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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