A teeny tiny pagoda (4 feet x 1.5 feet) was found in Nanjing - it is thought by archaeologists to be one of the 84,000 pagodas commissioned by Ashoka the Great.
Wait there's more exciting news.
A description of the contents of the pagoda was also found: a gold coffin bearing part of Buddha's skull inside a silver box. Although scans have confirmed that there are two small metal boxes inside the pagoda, experts have not yet peered inside.
Source:
Telegraph
27 November 2008
Fragment of Skull of Buddha
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