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Pagoda "holding Buddha remains" dug up in China

Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:46am IST
 
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese archaeologists have dug up a miniature pagoda dating back about 1,000 years which many believe holds part of the top of the Buddha's skull, state media said on Monday.

The pagoda was found in an iron case in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu Province, home to a number of Buddhist temples, the China Daily said.

The find is believed to be one of the 84,000 "pagodas of King Asoka (273 BC - 236 BC) that contain the Buddha's "sarira", or remains, found in cremation ash.