The most used and characteristic architectural form of the temples in India was the <em>Stupa</em>.
Were basically Buddhist peregrination funerary monuments used to represent and materialize the essence of the religion (<em>Buda´s mind</em>)
The Stupas had a form where can be easily adapted a different kind of altars, monuments, and texts, and was thought each one of them had a part of Buda, that´s why we're used by the people for many religious activities as internal purification, relieve different suffering situations, worked as spiritual support and <em>¨blessings multiplier¨</em>.
Ancient Egypt I know wrapped the bodies in bandages, with some Necklaces and bracelets so the souls had a safe travel to heaven, putting the bodies in special coffins inside the Pyramids
