Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s2.3
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s2.3
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Not a single one of these early Stūpas has been traced at Mathura, but the remaining sculptures offer firm proof that Buddhist and Jaina Stūpas existed at Mathura during Śunga times. The Stūpa was a raised tumulus enshrining relics of the holy patriarchs and was girdled by triple Vedikās, one on the ground, the next in the middle and the third one on the flat top which supported the harmikā or mansion of gods.