Architecture & Engineering
Stupa architecture (ancestor of the pagoda)
from 3rd c. BCEIndian buildersSanchi and other stupasMadhya Pradesh
300 BCE
The dome-shaped relic monument that spread across Asia and evolved into the pagoda.
- Dated
- 300–201 BCE
- As scholars put it
- from 3rd c. BCE
- Originator
- Indian builders
- Source text
- Sanchi and other stupas
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
A widely adopted monumental form across East and Southeast Asia.
Fair to say
An architectural/religious form rather than a 'stolen' technology.
Path to modern innovation
A globally influential architectural form.
Transmission
Carried by Buddhism to East/Southeast Asia.
Museum objects
Reliquary in the shape of a stupaUnreviewed
Reliquary in the shape of a stupaUnreviewed
Reliquary in the shape of a stupaUnreviewed
References
- 1Encyclopaedia of architecture
- 2Buddhist studies
Further reading
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