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|image = Sanchi Archaeological Museum.jpg | |image = Sanchi Archaeological Museum.jpg | ||
|caption = Sanchi Archaeological Museum | |caption = Sanchi Archaeological Museum | ||
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|map_caption = Sanchi Archaeological Museum | |map_caption = Sanchi Archaeological Museum | ||
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|established = | |established = 1919 | ||
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|location = [[Sanchi Town]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, Asia | |location = [[Sanchi Town]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, Asia | ||
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|website = | |website = https://asi.nic.in/museum-sanchi/ | ||
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The '''Sanchi Archaeological Museum''' is a museum near the archaeological site of [[Sanchi]]. It houses various artifacts which | The '''Sanchi Archaeological Museum''' is a museum near the archaeological site of [[Sanchi]]. It houses various artifacts which were found in the nearby Buddhist complex.<ref>[https://asi.nic.in/museum-sanchi/ Archaeological Survey of India]</ref><ref>[http://www.sanchi.org/archaelogical-museum.html Sanchi Archaeological Museum page]</ref> It was established in 1919, by [[John Marshall (archaeologist)|John Marshall]], the then director of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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File:Lion pillar capital at Sanchi Joseph Beglar 1875.jpg|Remains of one of the [[Pillars of Ashoka]], displayed at the museum. | File:Lion pillar capital at Sanchi Joseph Beglar 1875.jpg|Remains of one of the [[Pillars of Ashoka]], displayed at the museum. |