Stupas
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| 1 | Piprahwa Stupa | Uttar Pradesh | Oldest surviving stupa | Shakyas; Mauryan rebuild | Pre-Mauryan-Mauryan | Ancient India | ||
| 2 | Vaishali Relic Stupa | Bihar | One of eight original stupas | Licchavis | Mahajanapada (5th c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 3 | Ramabhar Stupa, Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh | Buddha's cremation site | Mallas; Mauryan rebuild | Mauryan (3rd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 4 | Bhattiprolu Stupa | Andhra Pradesh | Casket with Brahmi record | Local Sada rulers | Mauryan (3rd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 5 | Sanchi Stupa 1 (Great Stupa) | Madhya Pradesh | Four carved toranas; UNESCO | Ashoka; Satavahana gateways | Mauryan-Satavahana | Ancient India | ||
| 6 | Sanchi Stupa 2 | Madhya Pradesh | Earliest stone relief work | Shungas | Shunga (2nd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 7 | Sanchi Stupa 3 | Madhya Pradesh | Relics of Sariputta, Moggallana | Shungas | Shunga (2nd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 8 | Bharhut Stupa | Madhya Pradesh | Jataka railings; now in Kolkata | Shungas | Shunga (2nd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 9 | Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath | Uttar Pradesh | Marks the first sermon | Ashoka; Gupta rebuild | Mauryan-Gupta (500 CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 10 | Dharmarajika Stupa, Sarnath | Uttar Pradesh | Dismantled by Jagat Singh | Ashoka | Mauryan (3rd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 11 | Chaukhandi Stupa, Sarnath | Uttar Pradesh | Mughal octagonal tower on top | Guptas; Govardhan (tower) | Gupta-Mughal | Ancient India | ||
| 12 | Kesariya Stupa | Bihar | Tallest stupa in India | Ashoka; Licchavi tradition | Mauryan-Gupta | Ancient India | ||
| 13 | Sariputta Stupa, Nalanda | Bihar | Stupa 3; core of Nalanda | Ashoka; Gupta enlargement | Mauryan-Gupta | Ancient India | ||
| 14 | Lalitgiri | Odisha | Earliest Buddhist site in Odisha | Local rulers; Bhaumakaras | 2nd c. BCE-13th c. CE | Ancient India | ||
| 15 | Dhauli Stupa | Odisha | Ashokan edict; 1972 peace pagoda | Ashoka; Japan Buddha Sangha | Mauryan; modern pagoda | Ancient India | ||
| 16 | Amaravati Mahachaitya | Andhra Pradesh | Limestone casing; own school | Satavahanas | Satavahana (2nd c. BCE-2nd CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 17 | Nagarjunakonda Mahachaitya | Andhra Pradesh | Wheel and swastika base plan | Ikshvakus | Ikshvaku (3rd c. CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 18 | Bavikonda | Andhra Pradesh | Hinayana site; Buddha relic | Satavahana-era monks | 3rd c. BCE-2nd c. CE | Ancient India | ||
| 19 | Thotlakonda | Andhra Pradesh | Hilltop Hinayana monastery | Satavahana-era monks | 2nd c. BCE-2nd c. CE | Ancient India | ||
| 20 | Kanaganahalli (Sannati) | Karnataka | Ranyo Ashoka portrait slab | Satavahanas | Satavahana (1st-3rd c. CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 21 | Sopara Stupa | Maharashtra | Ashokan edict fragments found | Ashoka | Mauryan (3rd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 22 | Devnimori Stupa | Gujarat | Relic casket of the Buddha | Western Kshatrapas | Kshatrapa (4th c. CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 23 | Bairat (Bijak-ki-Pahadi) | Rajasthan | Circular chaitya; Bhabru edict | Ashoka | Mauryan (3rd c. BCE) | Ancient India | ||
| 24 | Sanghol Stupa | Punjab | Carved Kushana railing pillars | Kushanas | Kushana (1st-2nd c. CE) | Ancient India | ||
| 25 | Udayagiri (Odisha) | Odisha | Largest complex; Madhavapura | Bhaumakaras | Bhauma-Kara (7th-12th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 26 | Ratnagiri | Odisha | Vajrayana hub; Diamond Triangle | Guptas; Bhaumakaras | Gupta-Bhaumakara | Medieval India | ||