Ancient mound in Bharatpur
Galsi I community development block, India
The Bharatpur Stupa is a large stupa located at the Bharatpur archaeological site in the Indian state of West Bengal. Although the stupas discovered in West Bengal are small in size, this is a large stupa. Historians believe that this stupa was probably adjacent to a Buddhist monastery. Bharatpur Stupa was built during the Pala period. Eleven Buddha statues seated on Vajrasana in Bhumiparsha Mudras – all five fingers of the right hand extended to touch the ground – were discovered in this ruined stupa. The stupa was found by archaeologists during preliminary excavations conducted by the Eastern Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India and the University of Burdwan between 1972 and 1975.
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