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Stupas · Mysteria

CategoriesStupas

Stupas

Every place in the atlas labelled stupas.

Places: 5
Countries: 2
World Heritage: 1

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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).

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🇮🇩 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…