Bharhut is a village located in the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India. It is known for its famous relics from a Buddhist stupa. What makes...

The Bharhut Yavana is a high relief of a warrior which was discovered among the reliefs of the railings around the Bharhut Stupa. It is dated to circa...

Bharhut Mathura Sughana INDO- GREEKS SUNGAS Dhanabhūti (Brahmi: 𑀥𑀦𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀺) or Vatsiputra Dhanabhūti was a 2nd or 1st-century BCE Buddhist king in Central...

larger stone sculptures, and architectural monuments such as the stupa at Bharhut, and the renowned Great Stupa at Sanchi. The Shunga rulers helped to establish...

BCE, Bharhut, Indian Museum – Kolkata. Illustrated reconstruction of the pinnacles at Bharhut by Alexander Cunningham Eastern gateway of Bharhut stupa...

capitals including the Pillars of Ashoka, and stupas such as the Sanchi and Bharhut stupas, which were constructed and first decorated during the Maurya Era...

capitals which are visible in the reliefs of Sanchi and Bharhut, dated to the 2nd century BCE. The Bharhut pillars are formed of a cylindrical or octagonal shaft...

to the faith. The same throne is also illustrated in later reliefs from Bharhut, dated to circa 100 BCE. The long frieze at the front is slightly different...

(10 km SW of Sanchi). Further south, about 100 km away, is Saru Maru. Bharhut is 300 km to the northeast. Sanchi Stupa is depicted on the reverse side...

art. Some of the earliest such illustrations can be found at Sanchi and Bharhut. According to Naomi Appleton, Jātaka collections also may have played "an...

Hellenistic influence. Numerous sphinxes can be seen on the gateways of Bharhut stupa, dating to the 1st century B.C. In South India, the "sphinx" is known...

Buddha, probably around the 1st century CE, Indian Buddhist art, as seen in Bharhut or Sanchi, had essentially been aniconic, avoiding representation of the...

and gateways of the Buddhist stupa from Bharhut (the bare stupa is still at Bharhut, near Satna, MP). The Bharhut panels are unique in that they are inscribed...

are found on a 100 BCE relief sculpted on the railing of the stupa at Bhārhut, as well as in Sanchi. From that period the Diamond throne remains, an...

Kesariya, where he also erected pillars with his inscriptions, and possibly Bharhut, Amaravati, or Dharmarajika. Ashoka also established the Pillars of Ashoka...

deity figures. The Buddhist stupa sites of Sanchi and Bharhut both have many, those at Bharhut carrying inscriptions with their names. The figure has...

The tale of the jackal and the otters, a 2nd-century BCE Indian sculpture from the Bharhut stupa...

Mahakapi Jataka in Bharhut, 2nd century BCE....

from railing of the Bharhut Stupa, Shunga dynasty, early 2nd century BC. Adoration of the Diamond Throne and the Bodhi Tree, Bharhut. Descent of the Buddha...

Relief depicting a portable Garuda pillar, one of the oldest images of Garuda, Bharhut, 100 BCE....

from around 25 BCE, and on a relief carving from the stupa railing at Bhārhut, from the early Shunga period (c. 185 – c. 73 BCE). Kittisirimegha of Sri...

Yakshi under a stylized ashoka tree. Railing figure at Bharhut Stupa, 2nd century BC, India....

birth to the Buddha Yakshi under a stylized ashoka tree. Railing figure at Bharhut Stupa, 2nd century BC, India. A popular tree known as "false ashoka tree"...

been open to what they would have seen as pagan stories. Buddha's birth (Bharhut) Brahmi. Text: bhagavato rukdanta Maya's dream of an elephant when conceiving...

descendants led to the construction of more stūpas (such as at Sanchi and Bharhut), temples (such as the Mahabodhi Temple) and to its spread throughout the...

Sankissa Shravasti Vaishali Other Sites Ajanta Amaravati Barabar Caves Bharhut Chandavaram Devdaha Ellora Caves Kapilavastu Kesaria Stupa Kosambi Lalitgiri...

Sankissa Shravasti Vaishali Other Sites Ajanta Amaravati Barabar Caves Bharhut Chandavaram Devdaha Ellora Caves Kapilavastu Kesaria Stupa Kosambi Lalitgiri...

229–245, December 1981. Dutta, Rita (1 December 2010). "Swastika Symbol on Bharhut Stone Railing: A Case Study". Ancient Asia. 2: 147–154. doi:10.5334/aa...

how many kings the dynasty was composed of. Dhanabhuti, who is known for Bharhut inscriptions, may have been related to the Mitra dynasty. A number of different...

less frequently, other tree with flowers or fruits. The three sites of Bharhut, Sanchi, and Mathura, have yielded huge numbers of Yakshi figures, most...