Records of the Stone Case Holding the Pagoda with Shakyamuni's Sarira in Jinling Changgan Temple and the Relative Issues

A stele with the inscription entitled Records of the Stone Case Holding the Pagoda Holding Shakyamuni's Sarira in Jinling Changgan Temple was unearthed from a former temple site of the Song Dynasty,currently the heritage site of Dabaoen Temple,in Nanjing in 2008.The inscription was well carved and preserved,and is of significant academic value for studying the history of Changgan Temple and the making of the Pagoda that holds Shakyamuni's sarira.The investigation reveals that the sarira was provided by a Northern Song monk called Shihu,the structure of the underground chamber of Changgan Temple was influenced by that of the Six Dynasties time,and to hold the sarira in an Asoka Tower was apparently an influence from the Wuyue state of the Five Dynasties time.