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Stupas were built for which of the following reason/s?

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  • There were other places too that were regarded as sacred. This was because relics of the Buddha such as his bodily remains or object used by him were buried there. These were mounds known as stupas.

  • The tradition of erecting stupas may have been pre Buddhist, but they came to be associated with Buddhism.

  • There were other places too that were regarded as sacred. This was because relics of the Buddha such as his bodily remains or object used by him were buried there. These were mounds known as stupas and the tradition of erecting stupas may have been pre Buddhist, but they came to be associated with Buddhism.

  • Neither there were other places too that were regarded as sacred. This was because relics of the Buddha such as his bodily remains or object used by him were buried there. These were mounds known as stupas and the tradition of erecting stupas may have been pre Buddhist, but they came to be associated with Buddhism.

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There were other places too that were regarded as sacred. This was because relics of the Buddha such as his bodily remains or object used by him were buried there. These were mounds known as stupas and the tradition of erecting stupas may have been pre Buddhist, but they came to be associated with Buddhism.

Explanation:

Stupas were constructed for a variety of reasons:

  1. There were sacred sites in other places as well. This was due to the fact that there were relics of the Buddha buried there, such as his bodily remains or objects used by him. Stupas were the name for these mounds.
  2. Although the tradition of creating stupas predates Buddhism, it became connected with it.
  3. Because they housed sacred relics, the entire stupa became seen as a symbol of both the Buddha and Buddhism.
  4. By the second century, a number of stupas had been constructed, notably those at Bharhut, Sanchi, and Sarnath.
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