This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Bihar.[1] The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviation of the subdivision of the list (state, ASI circle) and the numbering as published on the website of the ASI. 70 Monuments of National Importance have been recognized by the ASI in Bihar.[2]
List of monuments of national importance
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| N-BR-1 | Tomb of Shamsher Khan | Shamshernagar | Aurangabad |  Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-2 | Ancient site of Vikramashila Monastery | Antichak | Bhagalpur |  
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| N-BR-3 | Rock Temple | Golgong | Bhagalpur | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-4 | Patalpuri cave and land adjoining Bateshwar Sthan cave on the Patharghata hill | Madhorampur | Bhagalpur | 
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| N-BR-5 | Rock sculptures | Patharghatta | Bhagalpur | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-6 | Ancient mound | Buxar | Buxar | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-7 | Ashoka column known as Laur pillar | Lauriya Areraj | East Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-8 | Fort ruins, tank and Stupa | Sagardih | East Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-9 | Buddhist Stupa | Tajpur Deur | East Champaran |  More images | ||
| N-BR-10 | Ancient Stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh | Bakraur | Gaya |  More images | ||
| N-BR-11 | Ancient mounds in the valley known as “Hasra Kol” | Bishunpurtarwa, Hasra and Jagdishpur | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-12 | Ancient mouds in the hill known as ‘Sobhnath’ | Bishunpurtarwa, Hasra and Jagdishpur | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-13 | Ancient Buddhistic image and other images and sculptures collected underneath a shed | Guneri | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-14 | Siva temple | Konch | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-15 | Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and boulders of Kauwadol Hill | Kurisarai | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-16 | Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of the Kauwadol Hill. | Kurisarai | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-17 | Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern-eastern faces of some rocks of Kauwadol Hill. | Kurisarai | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-18 | Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated boulder to the east of the Kauwadol Hill. | Kurisarai | Gaya | .jpg)
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| N-BR-19 | The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillars. | Kurisarai | Gaya | 
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| N-BR-20 | The area generally known as ‘Garh’ is the site of an ancient Buddhist monastery. Famous for the hoard of 148 bronze images excavated in 1930,[3] now in the Patna Museum. Some Pala period sculptures and architectural fragments, including the Buddha statue illustrated, were collected by Major Markham Kittoe in the nineteenth century and are now in the British Museum. | Kurkihar | Gaya | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-21 | Gopi Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hills | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-22 | Karan Chaupar Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hills, | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-23 | Vadathika Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hils | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-24 | Lomas Rishi Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, | Jehanabad |  More images | ||
| N-BR-25 | Sudama Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, | Jehanabad |  More images | ||
| N-BR-26 | Vapiyaka Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-27 | Visva Jhopa Cave | Barabar and Nagarjuni hils, | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-28 | Ancient Buddhistic image and sculptures collected underneath a shed | Ghejan | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-29 | Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat | Lat | Jehanabad | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-30 | Tomb of Bakhtiar Khan | Malik Sarai | Kaimur | 
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| N-BR-31 | Temple of Mundeswari Devi | Paura | Kaimur | 
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| N-BR-32 | Kanhaiya ji ka mandir | Bandarjhula | Kishanganj | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-33 | Remains of ancient fort or Pachrukhi Garh locally known as Raja Bali Ka Garh | Balirajgarh | Madhubani | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-34 | Ashokan Column | Kolhua | Muzaffarpur |  More images | ||
| N-BR-35 | Ancient mound | Bargaon | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-36 | Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu | Bihar Sharif | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-37 | Ancient remains known as Garh | Ghorakatora | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-38 | Statue of Buddha | Jagdishpur | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-39 | All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area | Nalanda | Nalanda | 
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| N-BR-40 | All ancient structures and other monuments | Rajgir | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-41 | All ancient structures and all artificial ancient remains which are situated within a distance of half a mile of the said two ancient cities known as old and new Rajgriha | Rajgir | Nalanda | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-42 | Walls of the two ancient cities known as old and new Rajgriha | Rajgir | Nalanda | .jpg)
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| N-BR-43 | The grove known as “Bulandibagh” | Bulandipur | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-44 | The mound or stupa known as “Chhoti Paharai” | Chhoti Pahari | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-45 | Sculpture and Images | Datiana | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-46 | Supposed site of the Palace of Ashoka | Kumrahar | Patna | 
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| N-BR-47 | Tomb of Shah Makhadum Daulat Maneri and Ibrahim Khan | Maner | Patna | 
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| N-BR-48 | Tank | Maner | Patna | 
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| N-BR-49 | Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land which is part of survey plot No. 608 & 611 | Maner | Patna | 
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| N-BR-50 | Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land constituting survey plot No. 399 | Maner | Patna | 
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| N-BR-51 | Mounds known as the five stupasor "Panch Pahari" | Paharidih | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-52 | (i) Ablution Tank, (ii) Mir Ashraf’s Jama Mosque and (iii) Pucca well | Patna | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-53 | Remains of wooden foundations and ancient Mauryan walls | Sandalpur | Patna | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-54 | Ashokan inscription on the Chandan Shahid hill | Ashikpur | Rohtas | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-55 | Rohtasgarh fort | Rohtasgarh | Rohtas | 
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| N-BR-56 | Tomb of Hasan Shah Suri | Sasaram | Rohtas |  More images | ||
| N-BR-57 | Tomb of Sher Shah Suri | Sasaram | Rohtas |  More images | ||
| N-BR-58 | Three rock inscriptions (Adjacent to Tara Chandi temple) | Sasaram | Rohtas | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-59 | Remains of Ancient city | Manjhi | Saran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-60 | Ancestral House of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the First President of India | Jiradei | Siwan | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-61 | Jami mosque | Hajipur | Vaishali | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-62 | Relic Stupa | Harpur Basant (Vaishali) | Vaishali |  More images | ||
| N-BR-63 | Raja Vishal ka Garh | Vaishali | Vaishali | 
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| N-BR-64 | Ruined fortress, Chankigarh | Chanki | West Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-65 | Ashoka column | Lauriya Nandangarh | West Champaran |  More images | ||
| N-BR-66 | Vedic burial mounds | Lauriya Nandangarh | West Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-67 | Ruined fortress at Nandangarh and the rampart of the fort | Marhia | West Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-68 | Vedic burial mounds | Marhia | West Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-69 | Vedic burial mounds | Pakri | West Champaran | Upload Photo | ||
| N-BR-70 | Ashoka column | Rampurwa | West Champaran | Upload Photo |
See also
edit- List of Monuments of National Importance in India for other Monuments of National Importance in India
- List of State Protected Monuments in Bihar
References
edit- ^ List of Monuments of National Importance as published by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "List of Centrally protected Monuments / Sites under the jurisdiction of Bihar (Patna Circle) - Archaeological Survey of India". asi.nic.in. August 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Kaufman, Ellen (10 January 2017). "Resplendent Sculpture of Avalokiteshvara from Kurkihar".
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