The Sanchi Stupa is located on a hill in a small village called Sanchi Kanakera. This place is 20 miles north-east of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Sanchi Stupa has different constructions and on the whole, it looks like a crown. Here we can see a temple built in the 5th century BC and many other historical monuments and also a huge mound. The Sanchi Stupa was built by Asoka in the 3rd the century BC. During the time of the Sun gas (183-72 BC), this was further developed.