page_title: Kanishka stupa
section_title: First stupa (150 CE)
hierarchical_section_title: Kanishka stupa / History / First stupa (150 CE)
caption_attribution_description: English: Loriyan Tangai complete Stupa. The stupa today in the Indian Museum, Kolkota.
context_page_description: The Kanishka stupa was a monumental stupa established by the Kushan king Kanishka during the 2nd century CE in today's Shaji-ki-Dheri on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.
  The stupa was built during the Kushan era to house Buddhist relics, and was among the tallest buildings in the ancient world. The stupa is also famous for its Buddhist relics, which were transferred to the U Khanti Hall at Mandalay Hill, in Mandalay, Burma after their discovery.
context_section_description: The original Kushan stone stupa was probably built after the death of Kanishka the Great, between 150 and 300 CE, but probably circa 151 CE, with a shape similar to the contemporary Loriyan Tangai stupas and the addition of schist reliefs.
caption: Probable initial appearance of the first stupa. Loriyan Tangai, 2nd century CE.[6]
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