Dharmarajika

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Buddhist devotees in Indo-Parthian dress, at the Dharmarajika stupa, Taxila (Click image for references).
Buddhist devotees in Indo-Parthian dress, at the Dharmarajika stupa, Taxila (Click image for references).

The Dharmarajika is a large Buddhist stupa in the area of Taxila, modern Pakistan. It is thought that it was established by the Maurya emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE around relics of the Buddha.