Just as the name 'Ishido-ji' (stone pagoda temple) shows, there are tens of thousands of pagodas and stone Buddhist images around the three-storied stone pagoda called the pillars of King Ashoka in the precincts.
「石塔寺」の名のとおり、境内には、アショーカ王アショーカ王の柱と呼ばれる石造三重塔を中心に、数万基の石塔や石仏が並ぶ。