Ayuwang Pagoda

{{Short description|Pagoda in Dai County, Shanxi, China}} {{chinese |pic=Daixian Ashoka Pagoda (20250713091917).jpg |c={{linktext|阿育王|塔}} |p=Āyùwáng tǎ |w=A-yü Wang T‘a |l=Ashoka{{nbsp}}Tower<br>Ashoka{{nbsp}}Pagoda }}

The '''Ayuwang''' or '''Ashoka Pagoda''' is a stupa in Dai County in northeast Xinzhou Prefecture in northern Shanxi, China.

==Name== The Ayuwang Pagoda's name honors Ashoka, the Mauryan emperor who converted to Buddhism around 263{{nbsp}}BC and subsequently greatly patronized the religion.

==History== The Ayuwang Pagoda was first built under the Sui dynasty in AD{{nbsp}}601. Over the next 600 years, it was destroyed and rebuilt three times. Its present form dates to the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China, who favored Tibetan Buddhism and rebuilt the tower in a Tibetan style. This dagoba was heavily damaged by an earthquake during the Qing dynasty and subsequently repaired.<ref>Zhao (2007), 130.</ref>

==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|30em}} ===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{citation |editor-last=Zhao |editor-first=Yu |editor-mask=Zhao Yu |title=Shanxi |location=Beijing |publisher=Chinese Travel Press |date=2007 }}. {{refend}}

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Category:Buddhist temples in Shanxi Category:Pagodas in China Category:Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shanxi Category:Yuan dynasty architecture