It was an Islamic empire--as the Byzantine had been a Christian empire--that was literally the private holding of the Osmanli family from whom the concept of the Ottoman state could not be separated. The ruling house and the empire's civil and military ruling class were considered Ottomans.ecovery of Ottoman prestige was slow, but Anatolia was gradually reabsorbed, and in the 1420s Ottoman power had revived sufficiently to undertake fresh campaigns in Greece. Aside from scattered outposts in Greece, all that remained of the Byzantine Empire was its capital, Constantinople.
A stupa (Sanskrit: m., stÅ«pa heap) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing ÅarÄ«ra relics, typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns, used as a place of meditation.fter the parinirvana of the Buddha, his remains were cremated and the ashes divided and buried under eight mounds with two further mounds encasing the urn and the embers. The earliest archaeological evidence for the presence of Buddhist stupas dates to the late 4th century BCE in India.
He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in northeastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. The word Buddha means awakened one or the enlightened one. Buddha is also used as a title for the first awakened being in a Yuga era.In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (Pali sammÄsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaá¹buddha) of the present age.Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Åramaá¹a movement common in his region.n most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (Pali sammÄsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaá¹buddha) of the present age. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Åramaá¹a movement common in his region.