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Jain Stupa (6th-2nd centuries B.C.)

Just a few dozen meters from the Shrine of the Double-Headed Eagle sits the Jain Stupa, a relic of the Sirkap city period (2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D.). The shrine is badly ruined. Nothing of the superstructure survives. The persepolitan columns with lion ornamentation that sit on the four corners were brought here from the ruins of the courtyard.

Location

The approximate location of the stupa is 33.755710' N, 72.829395' E (WGS 84 map datum).

Bibliography:

All images copyright 2001 Prof. Yunsheng Huang of the University of Virginia

Jan, A. Waheed. Taxila: Story in Stone
  A. Waheed, 1997. Pakistan

Muhammad Wali Ulla Khan
  Anjuman Press, 1973. Karachi

Rajput, A. B. Architecture in Pakistan
  Pakistan Publications, 1963. Karachi


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jamshaid khan wazir posted on Tue May 10, 2011 12:37 pm:

it is very intresting and big work

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S.GjonBala posted on Wed May 05, 2010 7:17 am:

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED…

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