The visit to Sanchi ... how the Great Stupa was opened top to bottom in 1822, leaving a vast breach, by Captain Johnson. Another one said that the destruction was continued by Alexander Cunningham ...

Alexander Cunningham arrived in Calcutta to take up a post ... While working on the Bharut Stupa in the early 1870s and at Sanchi he cooperated with the Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Waskaduwe Subhuti. It ...

It is situated at Sanchi in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. The glorious Stupa at Sanchi is the oldest stone composition in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka ...

If you take a look inside your wallet and find a Rs 200 note, you’ll see the image of the Great Stupa of Sanchi on the obverse, and its importance in Indian history is mainly because of the fact ...

Bhopal: The world famous Buddhist complex — Sanchi Stupa — opened for visitors for the first time after lockdown, on Monday. “The site opened for tourists on Monday, but as means of ...

In 1851, British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham found two boxes of gray sandstone inside the Stupa at Sanchi, where he was excavating a third- century BC Ashokan Buddhist complex, says ...

Family members of erstwhile rulers of Bhopal state have decided to donate rare books and other memorabilia related to world famous Stupas at Sanchi near the state capital, to the monument's library.