Sanchi Stupa: A Time Conquering Tribute in Stone to the Buddha - Said to be built over the relics of Buddha, the Sanchi Stupa has been recorded as the oldest stone structure in India. This famous ...

Discover India's oldest monument. Commissioned by Emperor Ashoka, it is a key site for early Buddhist stone architecture and ...

<font class=author>SUCHANDANA GUPTA</font><br />SANCHI: Six Buddhist monks, who started a silent march from the Dharma Rajika Stupa of Takshila on August 6 praying ...

The Ranchi module of Indian Mujahedeen (IM) which executed the Patna and Bodh Gaya blasts had plans to blow up the Sanchi Stupa - a UNESCO world heritage site in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.

Visitors to the world heritage Buddhist site in Sanchi, about 45 km from Bhopal, are often overwhelmed by the splendor of the centerpiece Stupa but fail to notice the interesting historically crucial ...

The Stupa was in a really bad shapw when it was rediscovered around the 19th century. Restoration works started around the late 19th and early 20th century and multiple attempts were made by the ...

Renowned world heritage site Sanchi might have a scope of expansion in near future with the Bhopal circle of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) planning to develop the nearby Buddhist sites for ...

The story behind Sanchi is one that both interests and inspires. Rising from the plains, 46 km northeast of Bhopal, Sanchi falls right at the heart of Madhya Pradesh. It is a rounded hill topped with ...

The famed 3rd-century Buddhist Stupa land of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh has become the first “solar city†in the country. The city, known for the Great Buddhist Stupa originally built by Mauryan ...

Residents of pilgrim town Sanchi, famous for its Stupa, are waiting for their “sunshine moment” eight months after the place was declared India’s first solar city. During an official ceremony in ...