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Bharhut

Bharhut is a village in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of a Buddhist stupa of the 2nd century BCE. Its carved stone railings and gateways, decorated with scenes from the life of the Buddha and the Jataka tales and with labelled inscriptions, are among the earliest masterpieces of Indian art. Most surviving pieces are now in the Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Bharhut
Image: Cunningham, Alexander, Sir, 1814-1893 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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