The stupa
The Great Stupa at Sanchi: a solid hemispherical mound on a terrace, crowned by harmika and parasols, ringed by a railing with four gateways.
The rules it illustrates
The stupa: a solid mound with a crown. Build the stupa as a solid hemispherical mound (anda) over relics, on a circular terrace (medhi), and crown it with a railed enclosure (harmika) and a mast of parasols (chattra).
Walk round clockwise. Provide a path for circumambulation (pradakshina) in the clockwise direction, keeping the sacred object on the right, and enclose it with a railing that separates the sacred ground.
Four gateways at the cardinal points. Open the railing at the four cardinal points and mark each opening with a torana: two posts carrying three curved architraves with scrolled ends, crowned with Buddhist emblems.
Where it appears in the book
In the styles Buddhist India.
In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.