HOA MODULE 5 - INDIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

BUDDHIST MEMORIAL MOUND ERECTED TO ENSHRINE A RELIC OF BUDDHA AND TO COMMEMORATE SOME EVENT OR A MARKED SACRED SPOT

FIRST STUPA IN SANCHI, INDIA BUILT BY EMPEROR ASHOKA WHICH IS 120FT. OR 37m WIDE AND 54FT. (17m) HIGH; A 1989 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

ANOTHER TERM FOR THE DOME OF THE GREAT STUPA WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE DOME OF HEAVEN ENCLOSING THE EARTH; "AXIS OF THE EARTH"

PART OF A STUPA WHICH IS AN UMBRELLA-SHAPED FINIAL SYMBOLIZING DIGNITY; COMPOSED OF A STONE DISK ON A VERTICAL TEMPLE

TOPMOST RAILING; THE SQUARE RAILING ON A STUPA WHICH REPRESENTS THE WORLD MOUNTAIN; PROTECTS THE CHATTRI

PART OF A STUPA THAT IS A CIRCULAR TERRACE ENCLOSED BY A RAILING SURROUNDING THE DOME

LOW WALL RAILINGS ENCLOSING THE ENTIRE SACRED SPACE

CEREMONIAL GATEWAYS PLACED AT THE 4 CARDINAL POINTS

A TEMPLE DURING THE EARLY INDIAN PERIOD, WHICH WAS CUT OUT OFF A CLIFF; A MORE ELABORATE AND LARGER STRUCTURE

SMALL SANCTUARY AT THE CENTER OF A TEMPLE WHICH STARTED DURING THE GUPTA PERIOD; "WOMB ROOM;" TOPPED BY A PYRAMID-SHAPED SPIRE CALLED THE ................