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Description: | Photograph of the Great Stupa of Sanchi from the north, showing repairs, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, taken by Deen Dayal in 1883. The Great Stupa of Sanchi is the most important surviving monument of the Shunga era. It consists of a large hemispherical dome which was built over an already existing stupa ascribed to the 3rd Century BC to the time of the Buddhist emperor Ashoka Maurya. Four elaborately carved gateways called toranas were added to the stupa during the 1st Century BC. General Taylor came across the stupa in 1818 and extensive repair works were undertaken from 1881. H.H. Cole, Curator of Ancient Monuments in India wrote in 1883, "Again visiting Sanchi...I was most satisfied with what had been done. The whole of the jungle had been removed from the Great Tope, the ground round it had been partially cleared and sloped...The approach road on the north side of the hill had been opened put and restored..." | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Sacred Architecture Architecture Stupas | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Dayal, Deen | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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