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The Mahaparinirvana Stupa in Kushinagar, India, is a 5th-century CE brick monument marking the exact site where Gautama Buddha attained parinirvana, or final passing away.
The confirmed birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini, Nepal, marked by the ancient Maya Devi Temple and an Ashoka Pillar erected circa 249 BCE, together forming a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ramagrama Stupa in Nepal is one of the eight original stupas built to enshrine the Buddha's relics following his death in the 6th century BCE.
Mirisavatiya Stupa is an ancient Buddhist monument in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, built by King Dutthagamani in the 2nd century BCE after his victory.
The Piprahwa Stupa in India is an ancient 3rd-century BCE structure excavated in 1898, famous for yielding inscribed relic caskets believed to contain Buddha's ashes.
An ancient stupa in the Chabahil neighborhood of Kathmandu, Nepal, traditionally attributed to Princess Charumati, daughter of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, and considered one of the valley's oldest stupas.
The Sannati Stupa in Karnataka, India, is the largest Buddhist stupa in South India, originally constructed in the Ashokan period and uncovered by excavations in 1986.
Located in present-day Maharashtra, India, the Sopara Stupa marks the ancient port city of Shurparaka and is believed to have originally been built by Emperor Ashoka.
