Consider the following statements:
1. Stupas were burial mounds prevalent in India from the Vedic period. 
2. During the period of Akbar, the art of stupas reached its climax.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Stupas were burial mounds prevalent in India from the Vedic period. It is a conventional representation of a funeral cumulus in which relics and ashes of the dead were kept. During the period of Ashoka, the art of stupas reached its climax. Almost 84000 stupas were erected during his period.

By: ANIVESH KUMAR