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Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

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	india1994-SanchiStupa.jpg[335×191] The sandstone hills within a 24-km (15-mi) radius of Sanchi are studded with important archaeological sites, but the best preserved of these is the Great Stupa on Sanchi Hill. The Great Publishing origin
	budd_sanchi.jpg[185×125] Brief Description On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, Publishing origin
	sanchi-stupta-sml.jpg[152×106] Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi Location : 40 kms away from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Declared World Heritage Site In : 1989 Description : 40 kms away from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi houses a group of Buddhist monuments perched atop a hill overlooking the Publishing origin
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	INSAN009.jpg[550×366] UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia / INSAN009 INDIA: Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Publishing origin
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	sanplan2.jpg[382×511] ? Why is it important to Buddhism? To answer this question, we might look first to Debala Mitra's tome Buddhist Monuments to find out what exactly a stupa was to her thirty-some years ago. The above image is of Stupa no. 1 at Sanchi, after Mitra 1971 According to Mitra, the Sanskrit word stūpa is derived from the root √stūp which means literally to heap. Stūpa is Publishing origin

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