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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
parts of his empire. From his own words in Edicts (Niglival
pillar inscription), we learn that he enlarged, to twice its size,
the Stupa of Kon膩k膩mana, the previous Buddha, at Nigliva and
built for the sect of Ajivikas three sets of cave-dwellings in
the Barabar hills of Bihar. 9 a
He is also credited with the construction of the first st奴pas
at Sanchi 10 and Sarnatha, 11 though tradition assigns him many
other stupas including Dharamr膩jik膩 at Taxila. 12 The great
St奴pa at Sanchi as it now stands is a segment of a sphere of
which the proper height should be 23.5 ms. while the diameter
at the base of the dome is 33.5 ms. The original structure of
A艣oka (c. 250 B. C.) the nucleus of the present one, had
somewhat smaller dimensions, and was evidently made
of bricks 13
The Excavation of Dharmar膩jik膩 St奴pa* At S膩ran膩tha.
It revealed six successive enlargements of the original St奴pa
The original structure raised by A艣oka, was 1.35 ms. in diameter.
The first addition was made in the Kushan period. The second
enlargement came in the fifth or sixth century A. D. with the
addition of circumambulatory (Pradakshi峁嚹乸atha), nearly 16 ft.
wide, around the Stupa and ancompassed by a solid outer wall,
1.3 ms. high pierced by four door ways in the four directions.
In the third enlargement in the seventh century the pradakshin膩-
patha was filled up and access to the stupa was provided by
placing four monolithic staircases. The next two additions were
made in the ninth-eleventh centuries. The sixth and the last
encasing of the st奴pa took place when the monastary of
9a. Mookerjee A. K. 鈥楢艣oka' p. 81.
10. Al. plt. xxv
11. Al. plt. xxvi.
12. Al. p. 53 plt. xiv.
13. Mookerjee A. K. A艣oka p. 88.
*
This st奴pa was pulled down in 1794 by Jagat Singh's workmen.