Jetavanaramaya brick stupa
Estupa de ladrillo de Jetavanaramaya
- Date
- c. 273-301 · confidence medium
- Place
- Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Credited to
- King Mahasena
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Solid dome of about 93 million bricks reaching some 122 m, the tallest brick structure of the ancient world. It required calibrated bricks capable of bearing enormous loads and deep foundations.
What it led to
- monumental Buddhist architecture in Sri Lanka
- modern studies of the strength of ancient brick