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    The earliest Buddhist monuments in India include stupas and temples built between the 5th and 12th centuries BCE. The Sanchi Stupa, built around 283 BCE, is one of the oldest surviving examples and is located in Madhya Pradesh. It has four carved gateways and its lotus design symbolizes mankind's release from material desires. The Maha Bodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar dates back to the 3rd century BCE and commemorates the site where Buddha achieved enlightenment under a sacred fig tree. Stupas served as places of worship housing Buddhist relics and artifacts, and were devoted to spreading enlightenment.

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    The earliest Buddhist monuments in India include stupas and temples built between the 5th and 12th centuries BCE. The Sanchi Stupa, built around 283 BCE, is one of the oldest surviving examples and is located in Madhya Pradesh. It has four carved gateways and its lotus design symbolizes mankind's release from material desires. The Maha Bodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar dates back to the 3rd century BCE and commemorates the site where Buddha achieved enlightenment under a sacred fig tree. Stupas served as places of worship housing Buddhist relics and artifacts, and were devoted to spreading enlightenment.

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    The earliest Buddhist monuments in India include stupas and temples built between the 5th and 12th centuries BCE. The Sanchi Stupa, built around 283 BCE, is one of the oldest surviving examples and is located in Madhya Pradesh. It has four carved gateways and its lotus design symbolizes mankind's release from material desires. The Maha Bodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar dates back to the 3rd century BCE and commemorates the site where Buddha achieved enlightenment under a sacred fig tree. Stupas served as places of worship housing Buddhist relics and artifacts, and were devoted to spreading enlightenment.

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    Earliest Buddhist Monuments in India

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    Earliest Buddhist Monuments in India
    Buddhism originated in India ,and between 5 th and 12th centuries BCE it
    was a belief system practiced in Asia.The beginning of the Buddhist
    architecture of India is still wrapped in mist but for a few glimpses in early
    literature.Before the birth of Buddha(563-483 BC),the practice of rising stupa in
    some form have been vogue,for burial mound is mentioned even in the Vedic
    literature.The Satapatha,Brahmana distinguishes two types of burial mounds
    ,rectangular and circular.Also the Jatakas refer to the building of stupas on the
    remains of deceased persons and probably these were earthen mounds.

    Sanchi Stupa

    A stupa is a dome-shaped shrine unique to Buddhism.Stupas are places


    of worship for Buddhists and house relics and other Buddhists artifacts.They are
    structures devoted to enlightenment.The Sanchi stupa is located in the state of
    Madhya Pradesh in central India and was built around 283 BCE .It is the second
    largest stupa in India and is comprised of four carved gateways facing outward
    in the four different directions.The lotus design used is meant to be a symbol for
    mankind's shedding of the need for material wants.Sanchi also is a place where
    architectural digs happen,mainly in connection with the history of Buddhism.

    Maha Bodi Temple

    Located in the town of Bodhgaya in the state of Bihar,this temple lies 105
    kilometers from the state capaital,Patna.Bodhgaya is a center for Buddhist
    worship and learning.The temple dates back to the third century BCE and
    features a glided image of the Buddha that is a must see for tourists.The temple
    commemorates the bhodi tree under which Buddha first received
    enlightenment.The dome of the structure is 52 meters tall.

    In Indian epigraphs the term chaitya has sometimes been used as a


    symnonym of a stupa.The use of the term in the sense of the stupa attained
    considerable popularity at Amaravati,Nagarjunakonda and in western India.The
    word chaitya (or) cheitya occurs twice in the inscription of Bharhut,but it is
    doubtful whether it was used in the sense of a stupa.
    Also there is archaeological evidence to show that Bahuputta chaitya and
    Chapala chaitya are depicted in one of the reliefs carved on amutilated pillar at
    the Ammaravati.

    A perusal of Buddhist records may show that the term chaitya in the
    sense of a stupa had been used Largely in the upper and the Lower Decan.At the
    same time ,it may be pointed out that a stupa with a railing,as one sees at
    Bharhut,Sanchi,Bodh-Gaya and Ammaravati,does not differ much from the
    basic conception of Vriksha-chaitya.

    All this suggests that an amalgam of chaitya concept ,in some way (or)
    the other,with the original idea of stupa.Should this latter surmise prove to be
    nearer facts,one may as well disentangle two threads of idea s interlaced in the
    architectural design of railed stupa,the idea of memorial and primitive concept
    of chaitya worship.

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