UP PSC / UP PCS 2022 – Prelims – General Studies Paper I
Question: In which of the following stupas, the features of a platform with ‘Aryak-Pillars’ are found?
(a) Ghantshal
(b) Bodhgaya
(c) Nagarjunikonda
(d) Amaravati
प्रश्न: निम्नलिखित में से किस स्तूप में ‘आर्यक- स्तम्भ’ वाले मन्च की विशेषताएँ मिलती हैं?
(a) घण्टशाल
(b) बोधगया
(c) नागार्जुनीकोण्ड
(d) अमरावती
Answer: (d)
Explanation: Aryaka pillars are Buddhist pillars that are considered noble and are erected in the four cardinal directions of a Buddhist stupa. There are five Aryaka pillars, each corresponding to a significant event in the life of Siddhartha Gautama viz., the birth, the great renunciation, the enlightenment, the first sermon and the final extinction.
The Amaravati Stupa in Andhra Pradesh has a platform with “Aryak Pillars”. The Amaravati Stupa is one of the largest stupas in South India. It has a diameter of about 50 meters and a height of about 27 meters. The stupa was likely built in phases between the third and fourth centuries BCE.
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