Kanishka stupa

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Buddhist stupa archaeological site reliquary structure

The Kanishka stupa was a monumental Buddhist reliquary structure built under the Kushan emperor Kanishka I, renowned in antiquity for its exceptional height and religious significance in Gandhara.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kanishka stupa at Purushapura 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist stupa ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
reliquary structure ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gandharan architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
builderDynasty Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy Kanishka I NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Buddhist sites in Pakistan ⓘ
Gandhara archaeological sites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kushan architecture ⓘ
constructionPeriod 2nd century CE ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culturalContext Gandharan art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kushan period NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy British archaeologists ⓘ
excavatedBy David Brainard Spooner NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationEnd 1909 ⓘ
excavationStart 1908 ⓘ
function pilgrimage site ⓘ
reliquary ⓘ
hasArtifact Kanishka reliquary casket ⓘ
hasUse enshrining Buddhist relics ⓘ
heightClaim one of the tallest stupas of the ancient world ⓘ
heritageOf Gandharan civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Buddhist architecture in China ⓘ
later Buddhist architecture in Central Asia ⓘ
knownFor exceptional height ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
religious significance ⓘ
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Gandhara ⓘ
locatedNear Shahji-ki-Dheri NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Peshawar city ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Kanishka I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Buddhist monastic complex ⓘ
referencedBy Chinese pilgrims ⓘ
Faxian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
startTime early 2nd century CE ⓘ
status ruins ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Purushapura → knownFor → Kanishka stupa ⓘ
Kanishka I → knownFor → Kanishka stupa ⓘ
Kanishka I → notableConstruction → Kanishka stupa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanishka stupa at Purushapura