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Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

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India
Date of Inscription: 1989
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
Madhya Pradesh
N23 28 46 E77 44 23
Ref: 524

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, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states of conservation most of which date back to the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. It is the oldest Buddhist sanctuary in existence and was a major Buddhist centre in India until the 12th century A.D.

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