https://youtu.be/UpVDtgFco_8

 After watching the video write a short essay answering the following questions:

1. What is a stupa, when and how were they discovered and by whom? 
2. Explain the importance of stupas and the role that they played in the spread of Buddhism.
3. Please include a discussion of how Asoka played a role in the spread of Buddhism and may have been part of the causal chain of the suppression of Buddhism. 

Your writing should be typed in a Word document in 12 point, Times New Roman font and must be over 250 words in length. You do not need outside sources to complete this assignment, listening to video should be enough