Sanchi Town

Sanchi Town
Sanchi Town
Nagar panchayat
	Sanchi town from the Sanchi hill, MP
	Sanchi Town
	Coordinates: 23°28′50″N 77°44′11″E / 23.480656°N 77.736300°E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Population (2001)
• Total	6,785
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Sanchi Town is a Nagar panchayat, near Raisen town in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is located 46 km (29 mi) north east of Bhopal, and 10 km (6.2 mi) from Besnagar or Vidisha in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Known for its "Sanchi Stupas", it is the location of several Buddhist monuments dating from the 3rd century BC to the 12th CE and is one of the important places of Buddhist pilgrimage.