The site was declared to be a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India in June 2019.

[1] The Chaukhandi Stupa is thought originally to have been built as a terraced temple during the 7th and 8th centuries to mark the site where Buddha and his first disciples met traveling from Bodh Gaya to Sarnath.

Later Govardhan, the son of a Raja Todar Mal, modified the stupa to its present shape by building the octagonal tower to commemorate the visit of Humayun, the Mughal ruler.

Today the stupa is a high earthen mound covered with a brickwork edifice topped by an octagonal tower.

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