After a long trip by road across 500
kilometres of central India I arrived at nighttime at the town of Sanchi. Next
morning I was up early to visit the 2,200 year old Buddhist stupas sitting on
the top of a hill. The carvings on the gateways is superb. Over the centuries various
monasteries have been built and then collapsed. The stupas were originally
built by Ashoka who also built a column with 4 lion heads at the top which has
now become the national symbol of India.
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