The present book contains many such landmsrks in the history of Buddhist
doctrine and art, presented on the basis of in-depth analysis of the styles and
icons of stupas. It emphasized the study of minor votive stupas and those
figured in reliefs, which, undamaged and pesented with complete ornamentation,
are testimonies about the conceptions and use of this object of worship.Buddhist
texts revelent to the conception, building and worship of stupas, such as
Kriyasamgraha, are referred to with edition and translation. ...