Great Stupa at Sanchi
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 | Great Stupa at Sanchi |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | central India, [[:]] |
| Date | -200 to 200 |
| Building Type | Buddhist monument |
| Climate | desert |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | Buddhist |
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| Notes | dome-shaped monument with circumferential walkway |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Great_Stupa_at_Sanchi.html |
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Werner Blaser and Monica Stucky. Drawings of Great Buildings. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3-7643-1522-9. LC 83-15831. NA2706.U6D72 1983. plan and elevation drawings, p129.— Available at Amazon.com
Mario Bussagli. Oriental Architecture/1. translated by John Shepley. New York: Electra/Rizzoli, 1989. color exterior photo, plate II.
Henry A. Millon, ed. Key Monuments of the History of Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964. photo of exterior from the east, p162.
John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. overview drawing, p27.Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
Benjamin Rowland. The Art and Architecture of India. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1977. photo of east gate, f42, p98.
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