Deals With Symbolism Of Vertically Rising Skambha And Spherically Spreading Stupa

Revision of article published in the Indian historical quarterly, v. 14, 1938, under the title, Symbolism of the dome.

A close analysis of the architecture of the stupa—a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained a

In his preface to The Symbolism of the Stupa Prof. Craig Reynolds writes "The stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throghout south southeast and East Asia.

Contents: I. Introduction. II. Symbolic analysis of religious architecture. III. Indianization in Southeast Asia: lineage one: 1. Religious foundations. 2. Arch