Sanchi - Temples

The Gupta Temple or Temple 17 is one of the earliest known examples of temple architecture in India. A flat roofed square building with four pillars and interior that is quite plain. Three sides of the exterior are undecorated but the front and the pillars are elegantly carved.

Temple 18 has a prayer room or assembly hall styled as a classical Greek column building. It dates from the 7th C but earlier wooden buildings have been discovered underneath.

Temple 31 was built in during the 6th or 7th C and reconstructed during either the 10th or 11th C. Rectangular in design, the temple features a complete image of the Buddha.