About Sani Monastery

Sani Monastery, Sa-ni-[tshog], is located next to the village of Sani where the Stod Valley broadens into the central plain of Zanskar in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. It is about 6 km to the northwest of the regional centre of Padum, a gentle two-hour walk. Like Dzongkhul Monastery, it belongs to the Drukpa Kargyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, and is the only one of this order in Zanskar which has nuns. It is thought to be the oldest religious site in the whole region of Ladakh and Zanskar.
Rock-cut Buddha Statue at Bojjanakonda near Anakapalle of Visakhapatnam

Historic Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India

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Dharma, Monasteries, Monuments
The Mauryan Empire reached its peak at the time of emperor Ashoka, who converted to Buddhism after the Battle of Kalinga. In 2018, excavations in Lalitgiri in Odisha by archaeological survey of India revealed four along with ancient seals and inscriptions which show cultural continuity from post-Mauryan period to 13 century CE. The Kushan Empire under emperor Kaniṣka ruled the strongly Buddhist region of Gandhara as well as other parts of northern India, Afghanistan and .
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