Read the following sentences carefully:

A. It is the most wonderful ancient building in the state of Bhopal.
B. Major Alexander Cunningham stayed for several weeks in the neighbourhood of this building.
C. If we travel from Delhi to Bhopal by train, we will see this majestic building on top of a hill.

Identify the building discussed in the above statements.

Sanchi Stupa

The correct answer is Option (2) → Sanchi Stupa

Description given in the question:

A. It is the most wonderful ancient building in the state of Bhopal.
B. Major Alexander Cunningham stayed for several weeks in the neighbourhood of this building.
C. If we travel from Delhi to Bhopal by train, we will see this majestic building on top of a hill.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi: If you travel from Delhi to Bhopal by train, you will see the majestic stupa complex on top of a hill, crowning it as it were. As you climb up the hill you can see the complex of structures: a large mound and other monuments including a temple built in the fifth century.

FROM SHAHJEHAN BEGUM, NAWAB OF BHOPAL, Taj- ul Iqbal Tarikh Bhopal (A History of Bhopal), translated by H.D. Barstow, 1876: The most wonderful ancient buildings in the state of Bhopal are at Sanchi Kanakhera, a small village under the brow of a hill some 20 miles north-east of Bhopal which we visited yesterday. We inspected the stone sculptures and statues of the Buddha and an ancient gateway … The ruins appear to be the object of great interest to European gentlemen. Major Alexander Cunningham … stayed several weeks in this neighbourhood and examined these ruins most carefully. He took drawings of the place, deciphered the inscription, and bored shafts down these domes.