Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

Buddhist stupa at Shah-ji-ki-Dheri is located at which site?

Options:

Lahore

Faridkot

Bhopal

Peshawar

Correct Answer:

Peshawar

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Peshawar

" The early stupas at Sanchi and Bharhut were plain except for the stone railings, which resembled a bamboo or wooden fence, and the gateways, which were richly carved and installed at the four cardinal points. Worshippers entered through the eastern gateway and walked around the mound in a clockwise direction keeping the mound on the right, imitating the sun’s course through the sky. Later, the mound of the stupas came to be elaborately carved with niches and sculptures as at Amaravati, and Shah ji-ki-Dheri in Peshawar (Pakistan)."