Friday, May 29, 2009

BUDDHIST STUPA

The more than 2000-year-old nation’s biggest Buddhist Stupa is situated at Assandh.The stupa is 25-metre high and at least 75 metres in diametre raised on an earthen platform. It is built with the help of bricks. This stupa is bigger than the much-famous stupa at Sanchi.According to historians, bricks used to construct this stupa, having a width of more than two-feet, indicate that the history of this monument dates back to more than 2000 years.Therefore, the importance of Assandh in the ancient period can not be ruled out with the presence of the nation’s biggest stupa.

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