The Sanchi Stupa is a monument dedicated to -

The correct answer is Buddhism.

Key Points

• Sanchi is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh, India.
• The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India and an important monument of Indian Architecture.
• It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE.
• Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha.

Additional Information

•  Buddhism is an Indian religion based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
• It originated in ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia.
• He was born into the royal family of the Sakya clan who ruled from Kapilvastu, in Lumbini which is situated near the Indo-Nepal Border.
• At the age of 29, Gautama left home and rejected his life of riches, and embraced a lifestyle of asceticism or extreme self-discipline.
• After 49 consecutive days of meditation, Gautama attained Bodhi (enlightenment) under a pipal tree at Bodhgaya a village in Bihar.
• Buddha gave his first sermon in the village of Sarnath, near the city of Benares in UP. This event is known as Dharma-Chakra-Pravartana (turning of the wheel of law).