Archaeological research by the Italian IsMEO at the Butkara Stupa suggests that small decorative stairs were adjoined to Buddhist stupas at the time of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, and that they were decorated with Buddhist scenes.
stupa | Stupa | Buddha relics from Kanishka's stupa | The ''yagura'' of the Miura clan. Visible food offerings and some ''sotoba'' (small wooden stupa | Prince Sisowath Monipong's ashes are resting in the same stupa | Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa | Chakhil-i-Ghoundi stupa | Butkara Stupa |