The Butkara Stupa (Pashto: بت کړه سټوپا) is an important Buddhist stupa near Mingora, in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but it is generally dated slightly later to the 2nd century BCE.
The stupa was enlarged on five occasions during the following centuries, every time by building over, and encapsulating, the previous structure.
The ButkaraStupa (Pashto: بت کړه سټوپا) is an important Buddhist stupa near Mingora, in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been built by the Mauryan...
the 3rd century BCE. Similar stupas are the ButkaraStupa, the Manikyala stupa, or the Chakpat stupa. The Saidu Sharif Stupa, pillared and quincunxial,...
The Kanishka Stupa ( Sanskrit :कनिष्क स्तूप ) was a monumental stupa established by the Kushan king Kanishka during the 2nd century CE in today's Shaji-ki-Dheri...
York [2] Marshall, "A Guide to Sanchi" p. 31 The ButkaraStupa is an example of such a hemispherical stupa structure from the Maurya period, that was extensively...
of Menander I was found in the second oldest stratum (GSt 2) of the Butkarastupa suggesting a period of additional constructions during the reign of...
The Dharmarajika Stupa (Urdu: دھرم راجک اسٹوپا), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It was built...
the Saka rulers. The nearby Dharmarajika Stupa, is a large stupa that dates from the 2nd century CE. The stupa was built to house relics of the Buddha...
found in Gandhāra. Other major sites from the Kushan period include the ButkaraStupa and Barikot. Kharosthi inscriptions indicate the existence of the following...
Taxilan city of Sirsukh. Moreover, Piplan Remains, Badalpur Stupa and Jinnah Wali Dheri Stupa are nearby places. Jaulian was built in the 2nd-century CE –...
sculpture. A detailed archaeological analysis was made especially at the Butkarastupa which allowed to define precisely what had been made during the Indo-Greek...
on earlier imagery such as the Bimaran casket or the Butkara seated Buddha at the ButkaraStupa in Swat. In 2008 a second sculpture in the distinctive...
found in Sanchi stupa number 3, while stupa number 2 contains a casket with relics from 10 monks (according to inscriptions). Stūpa were venerated by...
Pakistan. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) away from Mingora and the ButkaraStupa. It is the entrance town to the central Swat Valley with a population...
chamber under the monumental Kanishka stupa (described by Chinese pilgrims in the 7th century as the tallest stupa in all India), during the archeological...
Excavations at the ButkaraStupa near Mingora revealed a large and imposing central stupa surrounded by more than 200 votive stupas which were discovered...
stupas were built and old ones were enlarged. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hsien, who visited the valley around 403 CE, mentions 500 monasteries. Butkara Stupa...
Bhamala Stupa (Urdu: بهامالا اسٹوپ) is a ruined Buddhist stupa and World Heritage Site near Haripur, Pakistan, that dates to the 2nd century CE. It is...
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