- Location: Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Built By: Initially commissioned by Emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE.
- Features
- It contains images of shalabhanjikas – a lady holding the branch of a tree. Stories from the Jataka tales are carved on it.
- The structure has a lower and upper pradakshinapatha or circumambulatory path. The upper pradakshinapatha is unique to this stupa.
- On the southern side of the stupa, the Ashokan Lion Capital pillar is found with inscriptions on it.
- Significance: Oldest stone structures extant, preserving the core of Buddhist art and architecture
