Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c42.7

c42.7

With these two temples might be included a stupa, also at Pagan, that of Shivesandaw, as it is believed to date from the middle of the 11th century. Raised on five receding terraces, each designated by a legendary name, the stupa itself in its main outlines assumes a conical shape, its campaniform superstructure being divided into zones with the whole edifice crowned by a tapering finial ending in a stone *amalaka*.²