WorksheetsSri Lankan, Afghan, Nepalese, and Tibetan Architecture
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Sinhalese architecture?
Has Buddhist influences
Mostly religious buildings
Inspired by Persian designs
Sustainable and environmentally friendly
A decorative circular frontispiece near the entrance of a Sri Lankan stupa.
Cave temple
Vatadage
Dagoba
Royal Palace
The world’s tallest stupa with a height of 122 meters built by King Mahasena.
Polonnaruwa Vatadage
Ritigala Ruins
Anuradhapura
Jetavanaramaya
It shows the sophisticated knowledge of symmetry and geometry in its planning.
Meditation houses
Stupa
Royal Palace
Cave temple
The location of Sri Lanka’s largest and best preserved cave temple.
Anuradhapura
Ritigala
Polonnaruwa
Dambulla
Afghanistan is located in the major network of ancient trade routes of the .
Indus River
Khyber River
Yangtze River
Nile River
The name for modern-day Persia.
Iran
Istanbul
Iraq
Afghanistan
Built in the 15th century, the structure appears to be floating and the exterior is made of blue hues of highly detailed mosaic tiles.
Shrine of Hazrat Ali
Friday Mosque
Minaret of Jam
Ahmad Shah Durrani Mausoleum
The following are the primary influences of Afghan architecture except .
Buddhist
Islam
Zoroastrian
Zen
The location of the two 6th-century monumental statues carved into the side of a cliff.
Kandahar
Bamiyan
Ghor
Herat
It means “mountain peak” in Sanskrit.
Pagoda
Shikhara
Stupa
Dagoba
It is a temple that has multiple tiers of roofs arranged in ascending order from top to bottom.
Stupa
Shikhara
Pagoda
Vatadage
It represents the five elements of Buddhism.
Shikhara
Pagoda
Royal Palace
Stupa
It has 21 perfectly shaped pinnacles and has three floors, each floor said to be dedicated to three different deities.
Krishna Mandir
Boudhanath Stupa
Blue Mosque
Kathmandu Durbar Square
The location of the Boudhanath Stupa.
Balkh
Ghor
Anuradhapura
Kathmandu
It is the highest country in the world, lying at the heart of the Himalayas.
Nepal
Tibet
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
The cleanest place and most honorable position in Tibetan architecture.
Altar
Garden
Fortress
Cave
A perfect combination of forest, waterscape, temple, and palace.
Potala Palace
Palubuk Temple
Norbulingka
Krishna Mandir
The most important architectural space of Tibetan Buddhism.
Palubuk Temple
Potala Palace
Krishna Mandir
Norbulingka
The location of the Palubuk Temple.
Kathmandu
Bamiyan
Ghor
Lhasa
