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The 'Great Stupa' located at Sanchi, a village in the Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
This stupa was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE. According to some Buddhist accounts, it was built over the relics of the Buddha.
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Original image by Gérald Anfossi. Uploaded by Cristian Violatti, published on 02 September 2013 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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APA Style
Anfossi, G. (2013, September 02). The 'Great Stupa' at Sanchi. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1412/the-great-stupa-at-sanchi/
Chicago Style
Anfossi, Gérald. "The 'Great Stupa' at Sanchi." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 02, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1412/the-great-stupa-at-sanchi/.
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Anfossi, Gérald. "The 'Great Stupa' at Sanchi." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 02 Sep 2013. Web. 27 Jul 2021.