Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c14.21

c14.21

From Bamiyan the Grand Route took a turn to the north and terminated in Bāhlīka and Termez on the Oxus, which should be studied in a purview of Gandhāra art. On the way a little to the east is Haibak, where there is a monolithic Stūpa carved on the same principle as the monolithic Śaiva temple at Ellora. Possibly the initiative of such grand monolithic monuments came from here to India. Here was a Buddhist foundation complete with a Stūpa with a Saṃghārāma; the latter composed of chapels, a dormitory, and a dining hall or refectory for the community of Buddhist monks. One finds similar disposition in the caves at Daraunta near Jalalabad.