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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Bharhut

Sunga → early Satavahana (Shunga art) 150–75 BCE · Sunga (Dhanabhuti lineage)

Great Sunga stupa 150–75 BCE — 11 m vedika with toranas, Jataka-labelled reliefs and yakshi pillars (Cunningham).

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Sonari

Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga 2nd c BCE → Gupta 5th c · Mauryan Buddhist sangha → Sunga

Sanchi mandala outlier 10 km SW — 8 stupas (Stupa 2 relic casket, Brahmi) on Betwa ridge.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Andher

Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–5th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta

Sanchi SE terminus — 3 brick stupas (Stupa 1 17 m) on watershed with reservoir (17 km SE).

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Piprahwa

Early Buddhist (500 BCE–300 CE) to Gupta · Sakya Buddhist (Kapilavastu polity)

Piprahwa is a 5th century BCE–300 CE stupa–monastery claimed as Kapilavastu's relic site, where Peppé (1898) found the inscribed stone casket with Buddha's bone relics, now in Indian Museum Kolkata.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex

Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill

Kushan–Hephtalite (200–500 CE) · Kabul Buddhist (Kushan–Hephthalite transition)

Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill in Kabul Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Hephtalite (200–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kabul Buddhist (Kushan–Hephthalite transition).

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex

Tapa Shotor — Haibak Stupa

Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) · Kushan Buddhist (Bactria)

Tapa Shotor — Haibak Stupa in Samangan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan Buddhist (Bactria).

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Satdhara

Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–6th c CE · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta

Sanchi's western gate — 60-stupa Halali cluster with 30 m Great Stupa and Sariputra relics (9 km W).

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Lauriya Nandangarh

Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist

Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Lauriya Areraj

Mauryan (Ashokan, 244 BCE) with Gupta–Pala overlay · Mauryan Ashokan

Companion Ashokan lion pillar (244 BCE, 36.5 ft) to Lauriya Nandangarh, with moated stupa mound 200 m south.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Kesaria Stupa

Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–750 CE) · Mauryan to Gupta Buddhist (Kalamas of Kesaputta)

India's tallest stupa—32 m high, 1400 ft circumference, Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–750 CE), 6 terraces.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab

Kushan to Gupta · Buddhist / Kushan

Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab at Punjab, Sanghol, India is a Kushan to Gupta temple complex of the Buddhist / Kushan tradition, built c. 100 CE for buddhist stupa 15 m with monastery.

🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid

Borobudur Pyramid Temple

Sailendra / Mataram Kingdom Late Classical 780–840 CE · Javanese Sailendra (Mahayana Buddhist)

9th-century Mahayana Buddhist stepped pyramid-mandala: 122 × 122 m base, 35.4 m high (originally 42 m with umbrella), 9 platforms (6 square 3 circular) crowned by central stupa 72 perforated stupas…

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex

Butkara III — Swat Buddhist Stupa North Annex

Mauryan to Hindu Shahi (300 BCE–1000 CE) · Gandhara Buddhist

Butkara III — Swat Buddhist Stupa North Annex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Mauryan to Hindu Shahi (300 BCE–1000 CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex

Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa

Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) · Bamyan Buddhist

Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Bamyan Buddhist.

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Bharhut

Sonari

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Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill

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Bharhut

Sonari

Andher

Piprahwa

Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill

Tapa Shotor — Haibak Stupa

Satdhara

Lauriya Nandangarh

Lauriya Areraj

Kesaria Stupa

Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab

Borobudur Pyramid Temple

Butkara III — Swat Buddhist Stupa North Annex

Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa

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Notable stupas

Borobudur Pyramid Temple

Bharhut

Sonari

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Andher

Tepe Maranjan — Kabul Stupa Hill

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