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Jammu and Kashmir, India: 2000 years old stupa discovered at Ambaran

Mon, 2009-11-30 05:21 — Robyn

JAMMU, Nov 29: The chance find of a Kushan period stupa at Ambaran has not only taken back the date of the site to 2000 years from today, but also made it as the earliest recorded Buddhist site in the entire state.

"Associated with the Buddhist religious architecture developed by Kushanas between 1st to second century CE (Current Era), the eight-spoke stupa base in bricks was discovered during the scientific cleaning of the archaeological site of Ambaran", said R. Krishnaiya, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Srinagar Circle, Jammu.

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