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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sanchi - Ancient Temple in India

Submitted by Motist on Sunday, 28 May 2006  Page Views: 10262

Multi-periodSite Name: Sanchi
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 35.749 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Vidisha  Nearest Village: Sanchi
Latitude: 23.479342N  Longitude: 77.739819E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
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Sanchi submitted by motist : Near the village Sanchi the great Buddhist monastery dated to third century BC. to 12 century AD. Well-preserved STUPAS dedicated to the Buddha by Mahendra son of Ashoka and his queen Devi. Ashoka was the founder of Indian Buddhism and his kingdom was the greatest in India's history, (for more details look it up in google.) In the photo-Stupa 1, the most impresive with carvings depicting the l... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in India

Sanchi is a small village in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is located 46 km north east of Bhopal, and 10 km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the location of several Buddhist monuments dating from the third century BCE to the twelfth century CE and is one of the important places of Buddhist pilgrimage. It is a nagar panchayat in Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Toranas surround the Stupa and they each represent love, peace, trust, and courage. The 'Great Stupa' at Sanchi was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the third century BCE. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned by the chatra, a parasol-like structure symbolising high rank, which was intended to honour and shelter the relics. The stupa was vandalized at one point, sometime in the second century BCE, an event some have related to the rise of the Sunga emperor Pusyamitra Sunga. It has been suggested that Pushyamitra may have destroyed the original stupa, and his son Agnimitra rebuilt it. During the later rule of the Sunga, the stupa was expanded with stone slabs to almost twice its original size. The dome was flattened near the top and crowned by three superimposed parasols within a square railing. With its many tiers it was a symbol of the dharma, the Wheel of the Law. The dome was set on a high circular drum meant for circumambulation, which could be accessed via a double staircase. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchi
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Re: Sanchi by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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