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

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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

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

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

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

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

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LOW WALL RAILINGS ENCLOSING THE ENTIRE SACRED SPACE

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CEREMONIAL GATEWAYS PLACED AT THE 4 CARDINAL POINTS

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

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