Asoka Stupas: Northern Stupa
阿育王塔
尼泊爾
位於尼泊爾帕坦（Patan），共四座，分處東、西、南、北方。傳說約西元前二五○年，古印度孔雀王朝阿育王（約269～232 BCE在位）至加德滿都谷地時所建，故名阿育王塔。然據歷史學家研究，約四世紀末於帕坦城市創建時期建造。後經過多次重修。
四塔形制相類，塔身覆鉢式，除西塔無平頭外，其他三塔皆於方形平頭四面繪佛眼，頂部有十三層相輪和傘蓋。南塔高11.8公尺，是四塔中最大者。北塔是四座中較小者，整座呈白色，用磚與灰泥建造。覆鉢形塔身高5.5公尺，設有階梯可供攀登。塔周圍供奉五方佛。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, page 23.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Asoka Stupas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Asoka Stupas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, 1:23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Asoka Stupas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F (Vol. 1, pp. 23).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F},
pages = 23,
title = {{Asoka Stupas}},
volume = 1,
year = {2016}}
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F},
pages = 23,
title = {{Asoka Stupas}},
volume = 1,
year = {2016}}