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According to a legend, Ashoka erected five commemorative stupas in the city of Patan and sixth one at Kirtipur.And also the large number of indian people follow the way of buddhism and as a brotherhood,thses two countries follow the path shown by the Gautam Buddha.There are also several holy places in Nepal and India where people can have medication and worship buddhism.
The history of Buddhism in Nepal is linked with the origin of Swayambhu. Swayambhu purana,the sanskrit manuscript of fourteenth century,accounts the origin of the Swayambhu Mahachaitya.According to to its mythology,the dawn of civilization is the Kathmandu Valley, which is linked with the origin of Swayambhu Mahachaitya.
Innumerable monlithic caityas with polished stone made niches of the licchavi period testify the fact that Mahayana Buddhism was practised by the common people in the valley as their culture stupas are the embodiments of Dharmakaya or Buddha mind. The Tibetans call it as chorten. Stupa architecture consists of a spherical dome, a cubical steeple known as hermika, a spire of thirteen discs or stepping blocks in diminishing sizes.
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