Proposal for inclusion of the adjacent Nagarjuni caves will also be sent. The Patna circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is to send a detailed proposal to this effect to UNESCO ...

Hidden deep in India’s history, the Barabar and Nagarjuni caves stand as engineering anomalies, carved into solid granite with near-mirrored precision. These 2,300-year-old chambers, attributed ...

(Pic credit: Bihar Foundation/twitter) Patna: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to seek world heritage status for the Barabar and Nagarjuni caves in Bihar. The proposal will be ...

Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, had entrusted the team with the assignment of documenting the archaeological features of Barabar and Nagarjuni hills. “Earlier, researches on the twin ...

Further, in the nearby Nagarjuni hill, Asoka’s grandson, Dasaratha (r. 232-224 BCE), had also excavated three caves on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Magadha (Patna), with each ...

Patna, September 28 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to propose the Barabar and Nagarjuni caves in Bihar’s Jehanabad district for inclusion in the tentative list of the ...

Located 2 km away from the Barabar hills, the three caves at Nagarjuni – Gopi, Vadithi ka Kubha and Vapiya ka Kubha were built around 232 BCE by Dasharatha, Ashoka’s son, according to an ...

The caves are situated in the Barabar Hills. There are similar caves in the Nagarjuni Hills which are located less than two km away which are also considered as part of the Barabar Caves.

The mirror-finish work would continue for a few decades. The Nagarjuni caves adjacent to Barabar, commissioned by Ashoka’s grandson Dasharatha Maurya, also have almost-reflective granite walls.

The three centrally protected sites and monuments are “Vapiyaka cave” and “Vada Thika cave” (Nagarjuni hill, Jehanabad), “Buddhist Stupa” (Kesariya, East Champaran) and “excavated ...

The three centrally protected sites and monuments are 'Vapiyaka cave' and 'Vada Thika cave' (Nagarjuni hill, Jehanabad), 'Buddhist Stupa' (Kesariya, East Champaran) and 'excavated remains of the stupa ...