Buddha’s Relics From the Peppé Stūpa at Piprāhwa 240 to 200 BCE [1600 x 1229]

The caption at the bottom reads “FROM THE PEPPÉ STŪPA AT PIPRĀHWA,” referring to the stupa excavated at Piprahwa in present-day Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, near the Nepal border. In 1898, W. C. Peppé excavated the mound and uncovered a stone coffer containing reliquary vessels, bone and ash fragments, and a large deposit of precious [...]