Outstanding type of architectural creation of ancient Sri Lanka.
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The rock-hewn temples and the yet more strange dagobas of India now belong to science.
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Near the monastery stand the sombre dagobas where repose the ashes of former abbots and monastery officials.
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The best dagobas were crumbling, immense tanks broken, and general devastation succeeded where splendor had long reigned.
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We had to get there before dusk: the sunset over the dagobas was the best in Sri Lanka, they said.
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Sir Emmerson Tennent, in his delightful work on Ceylon, describes one of these dagobas, that of Jayta-wana-rama, erected by Mahasen, A.D. 330:-
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He founded rest houses and hospitals, as well as monasteries and thousands of stupas.
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The countryside is dotted with pagodas, stupas and monasteries.
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All stupas represent the Buddha Mind, and circling it is believed to bring one closer to enlightenment.
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Ship, combined from an early formation of three hulls, now resembles two ancient stupas joined at their bases.
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Packed full of ancient Buddhist temples and stupas for your day trips, Laos also offers the Viengxay Caves.
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It is also relatively crowd free, and an enjoyable day can easily be spent wandering slack-jawed around the stupas.
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The cones resemble stupas, or towers used in Buddhist worship, that are found across Ladakh and also in Sikkim.
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The prints take their motifs from the stupas and whitewashed houses of the Old Town framed by a steep mountain range.
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He oversaw the building of thousands of Buddhist temples, pagodas and stupas (sacred mounds that cover relics) from the following year.
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Stupas and surrounding volcanoes at the top of Borobudur temple.
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He founded rest houses and hospitals, as well as monasteries and thousands of stupas.
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The countryside is dotted with pagodas, stupas and monasteries.
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All stupas represent the Buddha Mind, and circling it is believed to bring one closer to enlightenment.
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Ship, combined from an early formation of three hulls, now resembles two ancient stupas joined at their bases.
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Packed full of ancient Buddhist temples and stupas for your day trips, Laos also offers the Viengxay Caves.
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It is also relatively crowd free, and an enjoyable day can easily be spent wandering slack-jawed around the stupas.