 Buddhist tombs themselves are typically simple and modest, although they may be set within temples, sometimes large complexes, built for the purpose in the then-prevailing style.According to tradition, the remains of the Buddha's body after cremation were entirely divided up into relics ("cetiya"), which played an important part in early Buddhism.The "stupa" developed as a monument enclosing deposits of relics of the Buddha from plain hemispherical mounds in the 3rd century BCE to elaborate structures such as those at Sanchi in India and Borobudur in Java.