The site, from the third century b.c. , when Emperor Ashoka ordered stupas containing the Buddha's relics to be built, is on a 91-m (300-ft) hill on the Vindhya plateau.
During the third century B.C., stupas were built to hold the Buddha's remains, on the orders of Emperor Ashoka.
From Pointe Pitre, thick groves of banana trees (with the fruit protected from insects by transparent bags) and fields of sugarcane stretch away from the southbound coastal highway through Petit-Bourg and Goyave.