An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.262

v2.c28.262

The subsequent Pds of Amaravati—Pd II dated to the 2nd and the 1st centuries B.C., Pd III to the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., Pd IV to the 3rd to the 6th and Pd V to the beginning of the 7th century and onwards—are a history of the development of the *stūpa* and plastic art and of the Buddhist establishment that grew up around the *stūpa* need not concern us here.