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Dharmarajika Stupa

Taxila Cantonment, Pakistan

The Dharmarajika Stupa (Punjabi, Urdu), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE. The stupa, along with the large monastic complex that later developed around it, forms part of the Ruins of Taxila - which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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