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The Great Stupa Sculptures
The stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. This edition examines stone carvings which originally adorned a vast Buddhist monument.
Series revealing the stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. This edition examines a collection of stone carvings which originally adorned a vast Buddhist monument in ancient India. Now housed in the British Museum, these intricately-carved stones narrowly avoided being used as building materials until a Scottish surveyor intervened.
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