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12. BARHUT in central Indian is famous for Buddhist Stupa and
stonerailingswhichreplacedthewoodenonesintheSungaperiod.
Barhut sculptures depict the visit of king Ajatasatru to the Buddha.
Barhut along with Sanchi and BodhGaya represent the first
organizedartactivityoftheIndianpeopleasawhole.Furthermore,
all these clearly indicate the transition of sculpture from wood to
stone.
13.BARYGAZAORBHARUKACHCHA(Broach)wastheoldestand
largestnorthernmostentrepotonthemouthoftheNarmadariverinmodernMaharashtra.Ithandled
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thebulkofthetradewithwesternAsia(JatakastoriesandthePeriplusmentionit).Itwasalsooneof
thedistrictheadquartersoftheSakarulers.AccordingtoJaintraditions,itwasthecapitaloftheSaka
empire.ItwasinternationaltradethatmodeBarygazaimportantinancientIndia.
14.BARBARICUMwasanimportantportintheIndusdelta,receivingChinesefursandsilksthrough
BacteriaforexporttotheWest.ItaddedtothegrowingprosperityofIndiainthefirstcenturyA.D.
15.BADAMI(MODERNNAMEFORVATAPI)inBijapurdistrictwasfoundedbypulkesinIasanearly
capitaloftheWesternChalukyas.ItasahillfortandanexquisitecavetempleoflordVishnuexcavated
duringtheruleofManglesh,theChalukyaruler.Huentsangvisitedit.
16.BODHGAYAsituatedsixmilessouthofGayainBiharonthewesternbankoftheNilajanriver,was
theplacewheretheBuddhaattainedenlightenement.ItwaspartoftheMagadhajanapada.
17.BANAVASI(northkanarainKarnataka)alsoknownasVaijayanti,wasthecapitaloftheKadambas
who were defeated by the Chalukya king Kirtivarman during the last quarter of the 6th century A.D.
According to the Ceylonese chronicles Ashoka sent a mission to Deccan with the Monk Rkshita who
wentasfarasBanavasi.
18.BRAHMAGIRIinChitaldurgdistrictofKarnataka,isremarkableforitscontinuityofculturalheritage
extendingfromNeolithic(stoneageculture)tomegalithic(earlyhistoricculture3rdcenturyB.C.toIst
century B.C. with possible links with Mediter anean and Caucasian Megaliths) revealing ancestory
worshipandanimismpointingtothepracticeofcistandpitburials.Itisthesiteofoneofthetwominor
rock edicts of Askoka. These edicts suggest the provability of Ashoka entering the Sangha as a full
monkaftertwoandahalfyearsofhisconversiontoBuddhism.
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19. BURZAHOM in Kashmir Valley near Srinagar, is associated with megalithic settlements (dating
2400 B.C.) where the people lived on a plateau in pits using tools and weapons of stone (axe) and
bones.(TheonlyothersitewhichhasyieldedconsiderableboneimplementsisChirand,40km.West
ofPatnaonthenorthernbankoftheGangesandusingcoarsegreypottery.Theinformationthatwe
gatherfromthetwoplaces,recentlydiscovered,throwslightontheprotohistroyofIndia).
20. BAMIYAN an important Buddhist and Gandhara Art center in Afghanistan in the early Christian
centuries, has tall rockcut Buddha statues. The ancient trade route linking north western India with
Chinapassedthroughit.ItwasthecapitaloftheHunasinthe5thandthe6thcenturiesA.D.
21. BELUR with a group of Hoysala monuments including the famous Chennakesava temple (built
around 1117 A.D.) represents an art which applies to stone the technique of the ivory worker or the
goldsmith.
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