Английская Википедия:Ayuwang Pagoda
The Ayuwang or Ashoka Pagoda is a stupa in Dai County in northeast Xinzhou Prefecture in northern Shanxi, China.
Name
The Ayuwang Pagoda's name honors Ashoka, the Mauryan emperor who converted to Buddhism around 263Шаблон:NbspBC and subsequently greatly patronized the religion.
History
The Ayuwang Pagoda was first built under the Sui dynasty in ADШаблон:Nbsp601. Over the next 600 years, it was destroyed and rebuilt three times. Its present form dates to the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China, who favored Tibetan Buddhism and rebuilt the tower in a Tibetan style. This dagoba was heavily damaged by an earthquake during the Qing dynasty and subsequently repaired.[1]
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- ↑ Zhao (2007), 130.
