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in 1913. The stupa had been looted several times prior to Marshall's discovery, and was badly damaged. Marshall noted that a large trench, requiring tremendous effort, was built at some point in the past in order to loot the stupa's precious relics. By 1934, enough of the site had been uncovered that
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18 reliquary vessels were also recovered from smaller stupas surrounding the Dharmarajika Stupa that yielded a wide array of relics, including one that encased a cylindrical piece of gold. Other reliquaries yielded gold jewelry and precious jewels, while others contained items from distant locations
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Monastery G, located immediately west of the stupa has at least 50 monastic cells, a stupa, and was likely multistoried. Monastery M in the extreme northwest section of the site, and contained its own stupa in a small courtyard. Monastery M is connected to a long residential monastery, oriented in a
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The stupa's southern gateway was initially considered the most important, though the construction of four smaller stupas (termed G7, G8, S7, Q1) to the west of the stupa indicate that this then likely became the preferred entrance for those performing circumambulation. Later constructions around the
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period. These stupas form a "Northern Avenue," that had several small shrines with devotional images, rendering the Northern Avenue a processional corridor. Devotional images were likely relegated to the periphery of the complex due to religious conservatives, who were hesitant to fully embrace the
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roughly north-south direction. At the southern edge of this monastery are the remains of two stupas, now termed E1 and E2. E1 was built in a pre-existing cell, while E2 was a more elaborated stupa that contained a small passageway for circumambulation. Neither stupa was likely open to the public.
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The site is famous for its bone relics – thought to be those of the Buddha, Much of the stupa's precious relics had been looted by the time it was discovered by Sir John Marshall. A silver casket containing a silver inscription was recovered from the stupa's chapel after discovery, The
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The name Dharmarajika comes from Dharmaraja, a name given to Buddha who was the true Dharma Raja (Lord of Law), according to Marshall. It is also believed that ‘Dharmarajika’ is derived from the word ‘Dharmaraja’, a title used by Mauryan emperor Ashoka. The stupa is also popularly known as
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is in conformity with the Buddha's recommendation that monasteries should be neither "too far" nor "too close" to adjacent towns. Three distinctive types of masonry in the buildings around the main stupa suggest the contributions of different periods to the building activity.
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Before entering the main sacred areas, visitors to the shrine from Sirkap would pass through a large building, now termed building H, that would openly display relics. Visitors likely venerated the relics at building H before entering the main stupa area.
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Marshall, "Excavations at Taxila", "The only minor antiquities of interest found in this building were twenty-five debased silver coins of the Greek king Zoilus II, which were brought to light beneath the foundations of the earliest chapel",
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The stupa was surrounded by a circle of smaller stupas which were built approximately 200 years after the main stupa's construction, and were likely constructed together as part of a project funded by a single patron.
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Small stupas that predate the main stupa are found throughout the Dharmarajika site, and surrounded an earlier core stupa in an irregular layout. It is known that the earlier core stupa contained a pathway for
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the site's scale could be appreciated. Human skeletons were discovered in the open area immediately south of the stupa, and may be the remains of monks who were killed during the invasion of the
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The northern monastery consisted of two courtyards that were each built around a large stupa. The smaller eastern courtyard is believed to have housed 13 monks.
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that was made of plaster, and decorated with shell bangles in geometric patterns. The earlier stupa likely had four gates in axial directions.
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coins found at the site date from the 2nd century BCE, suggesting earliest possible establishment of a religious monument at the site.
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that were built immediately north, northeast, and east of the stupa approximately 300 years after the stupa's construction.
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in the 3rd century BCE. The stupa, along with the large monastic complex that later developed around it, forms part of the
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It is believed that the Dharmarajika Stupa was built over the remains of an even older stupa that had been built by the
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Dharmarajika Stupa is the largest of all stupas in the Taxila region, Surrounding the main mound is a passageway for
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Additional stupas were built further along the northern portion of the site by various patrons, and date from the
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was used during religious services at Dharmarajika, while the complex was paved with colourful glass tiles.
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rule, and suffered a period of stagnation. Large-scale developments took place during the late Kushan and
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in the 3rd century BCE The stupa was believed to have been reestablished in the 2nd century CE during the
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The passageway between the main stupa and several smaller stupas was used for the practice of
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The location of the stupa and its monastic community about one kilometre outside of
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in the 5th century CE, and then abandoned. Subsequent rulers, such as the Hun king
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script that was once common throughout Gandhara, The inscription states that
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Chambers containing religious imagery were built along the "Northern Avenue".
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placed bone relics of the Buddha in his chapel at Dharmarajika in 78 CE.
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Early monastic cells near the stupa were built as a row of rooms, with a
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Ancient Buddhist stupa and archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan
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were found under the foundation of such a 1st-century BCE stupa.
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for one month. The relics were displayed at important shrines in
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In 2016, 2 bone relics from the Dharmarajika Stupa were sent to
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Ruins of several monasteries are located around the main stupa.
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era which added numerous monasteries and stupas to the site.
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The Dharmarajika Stupa lies about 3 kilometers east of the
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Statuette from the Dharmarajika site, now displayed at the
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The Dharmarajika Stupa is located to the southeast of
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new practice of using imagery in religious practice.
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Dharmarajika

Taxila
Dharmarajika Stupa is located in Pakistan
Dharmarajika Stupa is located in Gandhara
Taxila Cantonment
Punjab
33°44′N 72°47′E / 33.73°N 72.78°E / 33.73; 72.78
BCE
Sir John Marshall
UNESCO World Heritage Site
W.Panjabi
Urdu
Buddhist
stupa
Taxila
Pakistan
Ashoka
Ruins of Taxila
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mauryan
Ashoka
Kushan
relics of the Buddha
frankincense
Indo-Greek
circumambulation
Sassanid
Kidarite

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