ART HISTORY
BUDDHIST ART Buddhist architecture . Buddhist religious architecture developed in the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE. In accordance with changes in religious practice, stupas were gradually incorporated into chaitya-grihas (prayer halls). The earliest Buddhist construction of significance was the stupa, but these were sculpture not structure. Probably the most significant site is at Sanchi where as well as having one of the best preserved Indian stupas, the full range of Buddhist art and architecture from the third century BC to the twelfth AD can be studied here. Complex of Buddhist monuments The complex of Buddhist monuments on top of the hill at Sanchi in central India is unique. As well as having one of the best preserved Indian stupas, the full range of Buddhist art and architecture from the third century BC to the twelfth AD can be studied here and was thought to have been laid by ...