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India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
Three Ancient Mounds: N-RJ-52 Ancient Mounds Manak: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-53 Ancient Mounds Munda: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-54 Ancient Mounds Peer Sultan: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-55 Ancient Mounds Pilibangan: Hanumangarh Upload Photo: N-RJ-56 Two Ancient Mounds Mathula: Ganganagar Upload Photo: N-RJ-57 Ancient Mounds Chak ...
A large number of monasteries or viharas were established in ancient Bengal and Magadha during the four centuries of Pala rule in Northeast India (756-1174 AD). Dharmapala (781-821) is said to have founded 50 viharas himself, [ 4 ] including Vikramashila , the premier university of the era.
The fort houses a number of religious and historic monuments such as the Tomb of Pir Shah Nufa (died 1497), Palace of Shah Suja, Tomb of Mulla Muhammad Said (died 1704 CE), the Kashtaharini Ghat on the Ganges River, Chandisthana (an ancient temple) and an 18th-century British cemetery. In recent times, a famous School of Yoga was established here.
Map marking the extent of ancient Nagarahara according to the work of William Simpson [1]. Nagara (Ancient Greek: Νάγαρα), also known as Dionysopolis (Διονυσόπολις), was an ancient city in the northwest part of India intra Gangem [a] ("India within the Ganges"), distinguished in Ptolemy by the title ἡ καὶ Διονυσόπολις 'also Dionysopolis'. [2]
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The full display of iconography across multiple caves for Vishnu, Shiva and Durga suggests that Hinduism was thriving along with Buddhism in post-Mauryan era in ancient India. The Udayagiri temples represent, state Francis Ching and other scholars, the "earliest intact Hindu architecture" and display the "essential attributes of a Hindu temple ...