Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t3.4

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The inscriptions state that the Māhāchetiya was dedicated to the Buddha and hence the relics may be taken to be those of the Great Teacher. It is thus very probable that the original Stūpa was much older and it was a case of converting an alesākhya into a mahesākhya Stūpa as often mentioned in the Divyāvadāna, and this enlargement seems to have been the work of queen Chāmtisiri.