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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini, Kaniska founded many monasteries and caityas. He founded a city named Kaniskapura which has been identified with the modern Kanispur in Kashmir. Kansika erected a Great Tope which was named after him. To the west of the Tope he built a large monastery which was known as Kansika Mahavihara. Both these structures were erected at Purusapura (modern Peshawar). The Great Tope or the Kaniska Tope was magnificent structure 400 feet high, the base being in Yun and Yuan Chwang have lavished great praise on the architectural beauty of this important relic tower. The Kaniska Mahavihara, was an 'Old Monastery' at the time when Yuan Chwang visited it in the seventh century A.D.
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