Fragments of Votive Stupa from Dharmarajika Stupa, Taxila Museum

Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Fragments of Votive Stupa from Dharmarajika Stupa, Taxila Museum

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dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatial	India (Taxila, Pakistan)
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-24T05:41:56Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-24T05:41:56Z
dc.date.created	circa 1970s
dc.identifier	ANUA 682-528
dc.identifier.other	IA-560
dc.identifier.other	IA-560
dc.identifier.other	5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163298
dc.description	Probably the most important of the monuments at Taxila is the Dharmarajika Stupa or Chir Tope as it was called because of the cleft driven through it, The main structure was quite large, circular at the base, with a raised terrace and four flights of stairs ascending the dome on four sides, When first completed, the stupa was coated with a thick layer of lime plaster long since weathered, Like the Great Stupa at Sanchi, the Dharmarajika shrine was begun during the reign of King Asoka in the Mauryan dynasty, but was enlarged tremendously thereafter by the Sakas, It was the first Buddhist structure to be erected at Taxila: Its decorational programs are extensive and include ornamental stone carvings: reliefs and statues in the round: glass tiles and embedded shells, Surrounding the major stupas were numerous smaller ones dating from the Saka Period onward, These were not as well constructed as the larger shrine and soon fell to ruin, In their place a number of chapels for Buddhist images were built instead, These images were figures of the Buddha and small votive stupas the like of which is shown in our slide, By the appearance of the votive stupa, we can get a good idea of the particular style for shrines being worked at that time, The ambulatory which usually encircles the mound has been replaced by a large terrace which also supports the dome proper,
dc.format.extent	35mm
dc.format.medium	mounted transparency
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.medium	sepia
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Basham Collection
dc.subject	Gandhara
dc.subject	Archaeology & Architecture
dc.subject	Taxila
dc.subject	stone sculpture
dc.subject	mounted transparency set
dc.title	Fragments of Votive Stupa from Dharmarajika Stupa, Taxila Museum
dc.type	Image
dc.date.updated	2019-05-24T05:41:56Z
dc.provenance	Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.license	This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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