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Dharmarajika Stupa

Taxila Cantonment, XX

Dharmarajika Stupa

The Dharmarajika Stupa (Punjabi, Urdu: دھرم راجک اسٹوپا), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE. The stupa, along with the large monastic complex t

hat later developed around it, forms part of the Ruins of Taxila - which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

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