[1][2] There are in all four groups of stupas surrounding Sanchi within a radius of twenty kilometers: Bhojpur and Andher Stupas in the south-east, Sonari in the southwest, and Satdhara to the west.

All these stupas were searched in the 19th century by Major Cunningham, who in most cases carried the reliquaries to England.

One of the reliquaries is made of rock crystal and comes in the form of a Buddhist stupa.

Rock crystal, a material of extreme purity, was often used to make containers for sacred relics.

This reliquary was found the room of relics of Stupa 2 during the excavations in 1851 by Alexander Cunningham and FC Maisey.