HISTORY
CORRECT AND INCORRECT
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It has a fence surrounding it
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It has a sanctum sanctorum
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It has a circumambulatory path (Pradakshinapatha)
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It has an umbrella at the top
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks. The Buddhist stupa serves as a marker for a sacred space, a symbolic representation of the Buddha’s burial mound.
Detailed explanation-2: -The stupa (“stupa” is Sanskrit for heap) is an important form of Buddhist architecture, though it predates Buddhism. The custom of rearing stupas was pre-Buddhist. Hence, statement 2nd is correct. A stupa is a dirt burial mound faced with stone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stupas are hemispherical structure built on a platform with relics of Buddha or important monks buried at its centre. It is completely packed and cannot be entered like a temple and is surrounded by stone fences with decorated gateways.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sanchi Stupa is located in Sanchi, Machya Pradesh, 14 km from Vidisha. 2. It has three Stupas all the gateway around them but the most famous is the great Stupa which was originally made to brick in Ashoka’s time.