Secular Dimensions of the Aśoka Stūpa from the Changgan Monastery of the Song Dynasty

In 2008, in the course of excavating the site of the pagoda foundations of the former Nanjing Da Bao’en Monastery 南京大報恩寺, archaeologists discovered Buddhist relics enshrined in nested reliquaries along with some two hundred offering objects. The most impressive finding was a specially designed, rich...

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Main Author: Yue Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/909