<P> Amaravati stupa, 1st - 2nd century CE . </P> <P> The stupa underwent major evolutions in the area of Gandhara . Since Buddhism spread to Central Asia, China and ultimately Korea and Japan through Gandhara, the stylistic evolution of the Gandharan stupa was very influential in the later development of the stupa (and related artistic or architectural forms) in these areas . The Gandhara stupa followed several steps, generally moving towards more and more elevation and addition of decorative element, leading eventually to the development of the pagoda tower . The main stupa type are, in choronological order: </P> <P> 1) The Dharmarajika Stupa with a near - Indian design of a semi-hemispheric stupa almost directly on the ground surface, probably dated to the 3rd century BCE . Similar stupas are the Butkara stupa, the Manikyala stupa or the Chakpat stupa . 2) The Saidu Sharif Stupa, pillared and quincunxial, with a flight of stairs to a dome elevated on a square platform . Many Gandhara minutiures represent this spectacular type (1st century CE). 3) The Loriyan Tangai Stupa, with a elongated shape and many narrative reliefs, in many way the Classical Gandharan stupa (2nd century CE). 4) The near - pyramidal Jaulian stupa (2nd century CE). 5) The cruciform type, as in the Bhamala Stupa, with flights of stairs in the four cardinal directions (4th century CE). 6) The towering design of the second Kanishka stupa (4 - 5th century CE). </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> A model resembling the Saidu Sharif Stupa, with square base and four columns (1st century CE). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Loriyan Tangai decorated stupa, in the Greco - Buddhist art of Gandhara (2nd century CE). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Reconstitution of a Jaulian pyramidal votive stupa (2nd century CE). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Simulation of the original cruciform structure of the Bhamala Stupa (4th century CE). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A tower - shaped stupa, thought to be the design of the second (rebuilt) Kanishka stupa . Jaulian monastery . </P> </Li> </Ul>

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