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.
1 Relic stupa, in which the relics or remains of the Buddha, his disciples and lay saints are interred. 2  Object stupa, in which the items interred are objects belonged to the Buddha or his disciples such as a begging bowl or robe, or important Buddhist scriptures.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.