{{Infobox ancient site | name = Satdhara | native_name = Satdhara | alternate_name = | image = 100 Ven Chandananda (33697101915).jpg | imagealttext = A Buddhist monk in front of the great stupa of Satdhara. | caption = A Buddhist monk in front of the great stupa of Satdhara. | map_type = India#India Madhya Pradesh | relief=yes | map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|23|29|13|N|77|39|5|E|display=inline, title}} | location = | region = | type = Buddhist settlement | part_of = | length = | width = | area = | height = | builder = | material = | built = | abandoned = | epochs = | cultures = | dependency_of = | occupants = | event = | excavations = | archaeologists = | condition = | ownership = | public_access = | website = | notes = }} '''Satdhara''' is an archaeological site, consisting of [[stupa]]s and [[vihara]]s, located {{cvt|9|km}} west of [[Sanchi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name =BC/><ref name=CUN>{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Alexander |title=The Bhilsa Topes, Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism, Etc... |date=1854 |publisher=Smith |page=[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12591/page/n28 325] |url=https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12591 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Abram |first1=David |last2=(Firm) |first2=Rough Guides |title=The Rough Guide to India |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=9781843530893 |page=395 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA395 |language=en}}</ref>
There are four groups of stupas surrounding [[Sanchi]], within a radius of twenty kilometers: [[Bhojpur Stupas|Bhojpur]] and [[Andher Stupas|Andher]] in the southeast, [[Sonari Stupa|Sonari]] to the southwest, and Satdhara to the west.<ref name =BC>Buddhist Circuit in Central India: Sanchi, Satdhara, Sonari, Andher, Travel ... [https://books.google.com/books?id=TOrKExVXXpkC&pg=PT3& p.31]</ref> Further south, about 100 km away, is [[Saru Maru]].
All these stupas were found by [[Major Cunningham]], who took the relics found in the center of the stupas to England. He donated them to the [[British Museum]] and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name=CUN/>
==Gallery== <Gallery> Sanchi and surrounding stupas.jpg|Sanchi and surrounding stupas. Sadthara stupas map.jpg|Map of the stupas in Satdhara. Satdhara stupas and relics.jpg|Great stupa, reliquary and inscriptions. 006 Main Stupa (33697143145).jpg|The Great Stupa. 013 Vihara Wall (32883831513).jpg|The [[Vihara]]. 010 Broken Stupa (32854294044).jpg|Another stupa. 016 More small Stupas (33567800241).jpg|Set of little stupas. File:Satdhara vedika pillars.jpg|Satdhara vedika pillars </Gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.photodharma.net/India/Satdhara-Stupas/Satdhara-Stupas.htm Photodharma images of Satdhara] * [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=250893&partId=1&object=20737&page=1 Reliquary of Stupa No. 7 (British Museum)] * [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=250895&partId=1&object=20737&page=1 Reliquary of Stupa No. 7 (British Museum)] * [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=250898&partId=1&object=20737&page=1 Reliquary of Stupa No. 8 (British Museum)]
{{Adjacent communities |title=Adjacent Buddhist structures | Centre = [[Sanchi]] | N = | E = [[Bhojpur Stupas]] |SE=[[Andher Stupas]] | S = [[Saru Maru]] |SW=[[Sonari Stupa]] | W = Satdhara }} {{Portal|History|India|Religion}} {{Commons category|Satdhara}}
[[Category:Stupas in India]]