Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

World Heritage

India

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Located on a hill overlooking the plains, about 40 km from Bhopal, the ruins of Sanchi consist of a group of Buddhist monuments (monumental columns, palaces, temples and monasteries), all in varying states of conservation, most of which date back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. It is the oldest surviving Buddhist sanctuary and was a major Buddhist centre in India until the 12th century AD.