The great Stuppa at Sanchi, the oldest stone structure in India, as well as a very important Buddhist holy place. It was built by the Maurya emperor Ashoka over two thousand years ago.
xantheose: Pirámide de Chichen Itzá (by N3CR0N0M1C0N)
Hidden in the jungle rediscovered in 1914 (by B℮n)
(via travelingcolors)
(Source: becreation, via travelingcolors)
Guge, Tibet
Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
“It is of such extraordinary construction that it is not possible to describe it with a pen, particularly since it is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which the human genius can conceive of.”
-Antonio da Magdalena, 1586.
Angkor Wat still functions as a place of Thereveda Buddist worship, making it one of the largest and oldest spiritual temples on Earth still in use (continuously).
