How were Stupas & temples built?
- There were several stages in building a stupa or a temple.
- Usually, kings or queens decided to build these as it was an expensive affair.
- First, good quality stone had to be found, quarried, and transported to the place that was often carefully chosen for the new building.
- Here, these rough blocks of stone had to be shaped and carved into pillars, and panels for walls, floors and ceilings. And then these had to be placed in precisely the right position.
- Kings and queens probably spent money from their treasury to pay the crafts persons who worked to build these splendid structures.