Early Indian artistic Legacy In Asia
India 's art and architecture inspire artisans in sri Lanka, Where Buddhist art and architecture reached new heights. The great Buddhist stupa at Anuradhapura (built about 249 B.C.E.) is said to have been built initially after Buddhist monks sent by the Mauryan king Asoka converted sri lanka. In its final twelfth-century form, the stupa is taller than all of the ancient Egyptian pyramids except for the Great Pyramid at Giza