Bharhut

E545475

Buddhist site archaeological site

Bharhut is an ancient archaeological site in central India renowned for its early Buddhist stupa and intricately carved sandstone railings depicting Jataka tales and other religious themes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bharhut Stupa	1
Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
artifactsLocatedAt	Indian Museum, Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ National Museum, New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle	Mauryan and Shunga period art ⓘ early Indian Buddhist art ⓘ
associatedWith	Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtDuring	Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Shunga dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalContext	early Buddhism in India ⓘ
depicts	Buddhist symbols ⓘ Jataka tales NERFINISHED ⓘ donor figures ⓘ scenes from the life of the Buddha ⓘ stupas in relief ⓘ yakshas and yakshis ⓘ
excavatedBy	Alexander Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStartYear	1873 ⓘ
hasFeature	aniconic representation of the Buddha ⓘ donative inscriptions ⓘ label inscriptions identifying scenes ⓘ narrative relief panels ⓘ
hasPart	coping stones ⓘ crossbars ⓘ gateway (torana) NERFINISHED ⓘ pillars ⓘ railing (vedika) ⓘ stupa drum ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument of India ⓘ
knownFor	Buddhist relief sculpture ⓘ Jataka tale depictions ⓘ early Buddhist stupa ⓘ inscribed pillars and railings ⓘ sandstone railings ⓘ
language	Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Madhya Pradesh ⓘ Satna district NERFINISHED ⓘ central India ⓘ
materialUsed	red sandstone ⓘ
period	2nd century BCE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	important source for early Buddhist iconography ⓘ important source for early Indian epigraphy ⓘ
structureType	stupa ⓘ
writingSystem	Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhist art → importantSite → Bharhut ⓘ

Shunga Empire → archaeologicalSite → Bharhut ⓘ

Bharhut sculptures → partOf → Bharhut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bharhut Stupa

Bharhut sculptures → locatedInTheOriginal → Bharhut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India