Editing Pyramid (section)

==== East Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia ====
[[File:Dotō, Panoramic View 002.jpg|thumb|right|Dotō, Stupa of Ōno-dera Temple, [[Sakai]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], Japan]]
In east Asia, Buddhist stupas were usually represented as tall [[pagodas]]. However, some pyramidal stupas survive. One theory is that these pyramids were inspired by the [[Borobudur]] monument through [[Sumatra]]n and Javanese monks.<ref name="Sakai">{{cite web |url=http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/misc168127.pdf |title=古代における塔型建築物の伝播 ボロブドゥールと奈良頭塔の関係について |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919210146/http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/misc168127.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> A similar Buddhist monument survives in [[Vrang]], [[Tajikistan]].<ref name="Natgeo">{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Salopek |magazine=[[National Geographic Magazine]] |date=2 October 2017 |url=https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org:443/articles/2017-10-ruby-sellers-vrang/ |title=The Ruby Sellers of Vrang |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308223953/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2017-10-ruby-sellers-vrang/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kumayama">{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Salopek |magazine=[[National Geographic Magazine]] |date=14 July 2015 |url=http://kiwarabi.html.xdomain.jp/vantokumarama.pdf |title=ブァン仏教遺跡と熊山遺跡の比較検討 |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615090607/http://kiwarabi.html.xdomain.jp/vantokumarama.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> At least nine Buddhist step pyramids survive, 4 from former [[Gyeongsang Province]] of Korea, 3 from Japan, 1 from Indonesia (Borobudur) and 1 from [[Tajikistan]].<ref name="Sakai"/><ref name="Kumayama"/>