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Site 3 or Temple 3, popularly known as the Great Stupa or Sariputra’s Stupa, is the most iconic of all the monuments at the Nalanda site in Bihar.

Nalanda: More than just a premier monastic-cum-scholastic establishment of ancient and early medieval India

Recent scholarship has brought about a shift in the way Nalanda, the world’s most ancient university, is seen. It appears to have had larger geo-cultu
Shashank Shekhar Sinha,Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha

Revisiting Nalanda

Recent scholarship has brought about a shift in the way Nalanda, the world’s most ancient university, is seen. It appears to have had larger geo-cultu
Shashank Shekhar Sinha,Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha
The Mahabodhi temple complex, as seen from the south-east. To the extreme right is the Tara temple.

Mahabodhi Mahavihar in Bodh Gaya: Temple of enlightenment

The Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment under a pipal tree, has a multi-layered history and
Shashank Shekhar Sinha,Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha

Hampi: A cosmopolitan legacy

Hampi, with its temple complexes, palaces and fortresses, epitomised the rich historical, architectural-cultural and cosmopolitan legacy of the Vijaya
Text & photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha

Hampi: A cosmopolitan legacy

Hampi, with its temple complexes, palaces and fortresses, epitomised the rich historical, architectural-cultural and cosmopolitan legacy of the Vijaya
Text & photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha
The Stone Chariot temple, dedicated to Garuda, within the Vitthala temple.

Hampi: Ruins of splendour

Hampi, with its temple complexes, palaces and fortresses, epitomised the rich historical, architectural-cultural and cosmopolitan legacy of the Vijaya
Shashank Shekhar Sinha,Photographs by Shashank Shekhar Sinha
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