The state does not have to accept such a plea, but it may accept it without constitutional defect. The difference between pleas based on that case (Alford pleas) and traditional nolo contendere pleas is small. A traditional nolo contendere plea is a refusal to admit guilt; an Alford plea actively asserts innocence.
The stupa is the oldest Buddhist religious monument. In prehistoric times, stupas were simply mounds of earth and stones (tumuli) â places to bury important kings away from the village.Twenty-five-hundred years ago, at the time of Shakyamuni Buddhaâs death, a change came about in the way stupas were regarded.he stupa is the oldest Buddhist religious monument. In prehistoric times, stupas were simply mounds of earth and stones (tumuli) â places to bury important kings away from the village.
A pagoda is a tower-like structure with multiple  eaves or layers. A stupa, on the other hand, is  similar to that of a mound -- semi-hemispherical in form. Although,  both â¦ of these are contructed to house relics of Buddha. Stupas came  in first, pagodas only evolved from it.