The site, from the third century b.c. , when Emperor Ashoka ordered stupas containing the Buddha's relics to be built, is on a 91-m (300-ft) hill on the Vindhya plateau.
During the third century B.C., stupas were built to hold the Buddha's remains, on the orders of Emperor Ashoka.
The site dates from about the first century A.D. and is built on a plain.