The Great Stupa at Sanchi, begun in the reign of Ashoka, is in which state?

Madhya PradeshCorrect answerYour answerUttar PradeshCorrect answerYour answerBiharCorrect answerYour answerMaharashtraCorrect answerYour answer

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Sanchi is in Madhya Pradesh.
The original brick stupa was built under Ashoka in the third century BCE and was enlarged in stone afterwards.
Its carved gateways, the toranas, are later than the stupa itself and are what the site is best known for.

Worth noting

Bihar is the state offered here because Bodh Gaya and Nalanda are there, and all three are Buddhist sites — but Sanchi is not one of them.

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