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Four Chaityas on a PlatformUsed classification : Votive Chaityas (Small Chaityas), Monumental Chaityas (Mahachaityas), Stupas and Tibetan Chorten.
History
Chaitya (sanskr.), Chiva, Cibhah (new.)
Location: You`ll find it`s Location in the picture farthest left under
No. 8
Pictures
Sources of the Pictures
Based on a Map in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975
Foto by N.N. in http://www.shimpaku.net/architecture/pic/140103techupal_tole_chaitya.jpg
Foto by Bansidhar Sainju in http://www.carfree.com/cft/i076.html
More Examples resp. Details (Pictures)
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Sources of the Examples resp. Details
Foto by N.N. in http://b101099103.blogspot.de/2014/01/day11-bhaktapur-dhulikhel.html
Foto by Chen Wang in http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-lGgGjuYnBKoIZWGkVV-HA
Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2016 A.D.
Foto by Ricky Partel in https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018_in_Nepal
Here you can find additional descriptions, pictures or drawings to the above mentioned subject
Niels Gutschow, The Nepalese Caitya - 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley, Stuttgart 1997
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