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Satdhara
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–6th c CE · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi's western gate — 60-stupa Halali cluster with 30 m Great Stupa and Sariputra relics (9 km W).
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Bharhut
Sunga → early Satavahana (Shunga art) 150–75 BCE · Sunga (Dhanabhuti lineage)
Great Sunga stupa 150–75 BCE — 11 m vedika with toranas, Jataka-labelled reliefs and yakshi pillars (Cunningham).
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Sonari
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga 2nd c BCE → Gupta 5th c · Mauryan Buddhist sangha → Sunga
Sanchi mandala outlier 10 km SW — 8 stupas (Stupa 2 relic casket, Brahmi) on Betwa ridge.
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Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab
Kushan to Gupta · Buddhist / Kushan
Sanghol Stupa Monastery Punjab at Punjab, Sanghol, India is a Kushan to Gupta temple complex of the Buddhist / Kushan tradition, built c. 100 CE for buddhist stupa 15 m with monastery.
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Piprahwa
Early Buddhist (500 BCE–300 CE) to Gupta · Sakya Buddhist (Kapilavastu polity)
Piprahwa is a 5th century BCE–300 CE stupa–monastery claimed as Kapilavastu's relic site, where Peppé (1898) found the inscribed stone casket with Buddha's bone relics, now in Indian Museum Kolkata.
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Lauriya Nandangarh
Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist
Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.
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Lauriya Areraj
Mauryan (Ashokan, 244 BCE) with Gupta–Pala overlay · Mauryan Ashokan
Companion Ashokan lion pillar (244 BCE, 36.5 ft) to Lauriya Nandangarh, with moated stupa mound 200 m south.
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Kesaria Stupa
Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–750 CE) · Mauryan to Gupta Buddhist (Kalamas of Kesaputta)
India's tallest stupa—32 m high, 1400 ft circumference, Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–750 CE), 6 terraces.
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Andher
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–5th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi SE terminus — 3 brick stupas (Stupa 1 17 m) on watershed with reservoir (17 km SE).