Buddhist Octagonal temple building which maybe a precursor to South asian Islamic tombs

[W.11]

2nd century BC-2nd century AD

Description:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4170008?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior:7347864008f8ee0ec159099f8f08ed7d&seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents

 

[xeuss]

Possible. Cultures always take from each other and adopt practices.

 

[Itachi]

2nd century BC-2nd century AD

Description:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4170008?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior:7347864008f8ee0ec159099f8f08ed7d&seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents

Lmao....so what??

Go further back in history and you'll find links to monotheism.

 

[AUz]

Lol, that's a stretch.

South Asian Sufi and Mosque buildings have influences from Islamic architecture. Look up Buddhist structures today in India---do they resemble anything like our buildings? Hardly

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Lol, that's a stretch.

South Asian Sufi and Mosque buildings have influences from Islamic architecture. Look up Buddhist structures today in India---do they resemble anything like our buildings? Hardly

Its kind of a stretch because Christians and Zorostrians also had octagonal structures in the same shape.

 

[Patriot786b2]

We should always respect Bhuddist shrines from our longterm brothers from those buddist societies.

 

[W.11]

Lol, that's a stretch.

South Asian Sufi and Mosque buildings have influences from Islamic architecture. Look up Buddhist structures today in India---do they resemble anything like our buildings? Hardly

yes they do

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Towers

compare it to ghaznavid, ghaurid minarets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni_Minarets

regards