Question
Who wanted to take away the eastern gateway of Sanchi and why? How did it escape from going out Bhopal?
Solution
The 19th century Europeans evinced keen interest in the Stupa at Sanchi. So the French sought the permission of Shahjehan Begum to take away its eastern gateway, which was best preserved. They wanted to display it in a museum in France. Similarly the Englishmen wanted to exhibit it in one of their museums. But fortunately both felt satisfied in getting carefully prepared plaster-cast copies of this stupa. So this Stupa remained at its place.
