Type Public Campus Urban | Established 2012 Affiliations UGC | |
Location Sanchi Town, Madhya Pradesh, India Website www.sanchiuniv.org.in/home.html | ||
Buddhist University (BU) is a university in Sanchi Town, India. The university was established in September 2012 by Government of Madhya Pradesh and then Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigmi Yozyer Thinley, and Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka president Bangala Upatissa Nayaka Thero laid the foundation stone for the University on 17th of same month.
The university built in collaboration with the government of Madhya Pradesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan to promote the Buddhist and Indic Studies in the world.
Government of Madhya Pradesh had invested Rs 300 crore to promote ‘peace and harmony” by setting university which will help in promote tourism and cultural trade in the state as Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam appose the move to protest Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa's visit to Sanchi.