Replica of the Kanishka-Stupa
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ABR 045

 Code: ABR 045

  Country: Central Asia

  Style: Kashmir style in central Asia

  Date: 1000 - 1100

  Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 7.3 x 19 x 7.5

  Materials: Brass

Replica of the Kanishka-Stupa built by the Kushana ruler Kanishka I 

The most famous Stupa monument of the whole Indian subcontinent during the First centuries AD was the Kanishka-Stupa built by the Kushana ruler Kanishka I in Purushapura (modern Shah-ji-ki Dheri, near Peshawar). Because of its very elongated shape, this type of monument is known as the “tower Stupa” and typically stands on a cruciform platform. According to the Chinese pilgrim Hui-sheng (travelled 518- 522) the Kanishka-Stupa was the “foremost of all the temples in the western Region”.