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The Evolution of the Caitya-g峁沬ha Kumaradevi was built in the twelth century. 14 7 Remains of a unique type of stupa-shrine of Mauryan date
(c. B. C 250) have been recovered at Bairat15 in the formor
Jaipur state. The main interest of the monument lies in the enclosing
circular shrine (diam. 8-2 ms.) which was made of lime plastered
panels of brick work alternating with twentysix octagonal pillars
of wood. The shrine was entered from the east through a small
portico, supported on two wooden pillars and was surmounted
by a 2.1 ms. wide circular processional patha with an opening
on the east, the whole being enclosed at a later date within a
rectangular compound (21.3 脳 13.4 ms.) containing an open
space for assembly in front of the entrance. This st奴pa shrine
resembled in plan and design a circular caitya-cave in the Tulj膩-
lena group at Junnar, dating from c. first century B. C.16
The original brick St奴pa at Bharhut (Madhya Bharat) was
of the Mauryan date, probably A艣okan (c. 250 B. C.)17.
At Nandangarh (N. Bihar) occurs a unique type of brick
st奴pa built on multiple polygonal terraces with re-entrant
angles. This st奴pa is not earlier than 100 B. C.18
(c) The refinements of St奴pas during The Period Of the Sungas
And The Andhras (c. B. C. 185 to A. D. 150)
During the period of the Sungas (c. B. C. 185-c. 70 B. C. )
in Northern India and the Andhras (c. B. C 185-c. 150 A. D.)
in Southern India, as a whole the refinements took the form of
replacing the impermanent materials of which the religious
monuments had heither to, been composed by others of a more
14. Agrawala V. S. 'Saran膩th' p. 15
15. Sahni D. R. Archaeological Remains and Excavation at Bairat,'
Pp. 28 ff.
16. Al p 80-81.
17. IABH, p, 23. also A. Cunnigham 'Stupa of Bharhut' (London,
1879) pp. 4 ff.
18. ARASI 1935-36 (1938) pp. 63 ff: 1936-37 (1940) pp. 47 ff;