Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi' has mentioned 'Region' in the following places:
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Sanchi is the center of a region with a number of stupas, all within a few miles of Sanchi, including Satdhara (9xc2xa0km to the W of Sanchi, 40 stupas, the Relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, now enshrined in the new Vihara, were unearthed there), Bhojpur (also called Morel Khurd, a fortified hilltop with 60 stupas) and Andher (respectively 11xc2xa0km and 17xc2xa0km SE of Sanchi), as well as Sonari (10xc2xa0km SW of Sanchi). | WIKI |
[26] Foreigners from Gandhara are otherwise known to have visited the region around the same time: in 115 BCE, the embassy of Heliodorus from Indo-Greek king Antialkidas to the court of the Sungas king Bhagabhadra in nearby Vidisha is recorded, in which Heliodorus established the Heliodorus pillar in a dedication to Vxc4x81sudeva. | WIKI |
Soon after, however, the region fell to the Scythian Western Satraps, possibly under Nahapana (120 CE),[116] and then certainly under Rudradaman I (130-150 CE), as shown by his inscriptions in Junagadh. | WIKI |
[115] The Satavahanas probably regained the region for some time, but were again replaced by the Western Satraps in the mid-3rd century CE, during the rule of Rudrasena II (255-278 CE). | WIKI |
[140] Alexander Cunningham and Frederick Charles Maisey made the first formal survey and excavations at Sanchi and the surrounding stupas of the region in 1851. | WIKI |