Who is credited with the idea of stacking increasingly smaller mastabas to create a monumental symbol of the king,s everlasting power?

Imhotep

Explanation:

Imhotep was the one originally credited with the idea to create such a monument to a king. Imhotep was an Egyptian chancellor who is believed to have been the architect of the Djoser's step pyramid. Step pyramids were the earliest type of Egyptian pyramid, and this one in particular was meant to be a tomb for the pharaoh, Djoser. It was composed of six increasingly smaller mastabas, one on top of another.

A.India

Explanation:

Buddhism is a faith that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (“the Buddha”) more than 2,500 years ago in India. With about 470 million followers, scholars consider Buddhism one of the major world religions.