The Sanchi Cairn is located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh state. In the year 1891, Alexander Cunningham and F.C Messi had excavated this place.
In the Ninth century, Sanchi was known as "Boat Shree Parvat". In 1989, this place was included in the list of Heritage monuments.
According to Mahavansh, when Great Mauryan king Ashoka after the heinous Kalinga war he came to this place for Moksha and built the stupa in Sanchi.
In the Mauryan era, Sanchi was known as Vedisgiri and Chetyagiri.