Lok Sabha Question No. 2122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Archaeological Sites of Magadh Empire
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Sanatan Pandey, Smt. Vijaylakshmi Devi

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2122

ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF MAGADH EMPIRE

†2122 SHRI SANATAN PANDEY: SMT. VIJAYLAKSHMI DEVI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  list  of  sites  of  archaeological  importance  related  to  Magadh  Emperors Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka including the number of the sites protected out of the said list;
- (b) whether  the  Court  Hall  (Darbaar  hall)  linked  to  Emperor  Ashoka  has  been discovered in Pataliputra, Bihar; and
- (c) if so, the details of the measures taken by the Government to preserve the said hall?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) Details  of  the  monuments,  pillars,  inscriptions  and  sites  of  archaeological importance associated with  Magadh  Emperor  Chandragupta  Maurya  and Emperor  Ashoka  which  are  under  care  and  maintenance  of  Archaeological Survey of India are at Annexure enclosed . Eighty  pillared  hall  and  other  structures  were  excavated  at  Kumrahar,  Patna.
- (c) The site is under care and maintenance of the Archaeological Survey of India.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2122 FOR 09.12.2024.

DETAILS OF MONUMENTS, PILLARS, INSCRIPTIONS AND SITE ASSOCIATED  WITH  MAGADH  EMPEROR  CHANDRAGUPTA  MAURYA AND EMPEROR ASHOKA WHICH ARE UNDER CARE AND MAINTANANCE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.

| Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                    |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.               | Prominent granite hillock bearing Asokan inscription, Kurnool, District Kurnool                   |
| 2                | Asokan Inscription, Rajulamandagiri, Kunool, District Kurnool                                     |
| Bihar            | Bihar                                                                                             |
| 3                | Ashoka column known as Laur pillar, Lauriya Areraj, District East Champaran                       |
| 4                | Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat, Lat, District Jehanabad                                   |
| 5                | Ashoka Column and other Remains at Kolhua, District Muzaffarpur                                   |
| 6                | Site of the Palace of Ashoka and other Remains at Kumhrar, District Patna                         |
| 7                | Ashoka inscription on the Chandan Shahid hill, Ashikpur, District Rohtas                          |
| 8                | Three rock inscriptions (Adjacent to Tara Chandi temple), Sasaram, District Rohtas                |
| 9                | Ashoka column, Lauriya Nandangarh, District West Champaran                                        |
| 10               | Ashoka columns, Rampurwa, District West Champaran                                                 |
| Gujarat          | Gujarat                                                                                           |
| 11               | Ashokan Rock Edicts, Junagadh, District Junagadh                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh                                                                                      |
| 12               | Jogimara Caves, Sarguja, District Sarguja                                                         |
| 13               | Sita-Bengra caves, Sarguja, District Sarguja                                                      |
| Haryana          | Haryana                                                                                           |
| 14               | Pillar popularly known as Lat of Feroz Shah, Fatehabad, District Fatehabad                        |
| 15               | Pillar in the complex of Lat ki Masjid, Hissar, District Hissar                                   |
| Karnataka        | Karnataka                                                                                         |
| 16               | Ashokan Inscriptions, Brahmagiri, District Chitradurga                                            |
| 17               | Inscription near Jattingi Rameswara Temple, Rameswara Hill, Siddapura, District Chitradurga       |
| 18               | Ashokan Inscription near Akka-Tangi Temple, Siddapura, District Chitradurga                       |
| 19               | Ancient Excavated site containing remains of Buddhist Stupa, Kanaganahalli, District Kalaburagi   |
| 20               | Ashokan Edict, Maski, District Raichur                                                            |
| 21               | Inscriptions of Ashoka (Rock Edicts) Nittur, District Ballari                                     |
| 22               | Ashokan Inscription (Rock Edicts) Udayagolam, District Ballari.                                   |
| 23               | Rock Edicts of Ashoka on two hillocks known as Gavimath and Palkigundu, Koppala, District Koppala |

| Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 24               | Ashokan Pillar, Sanchi, District Raisen                                                 |
| 25               | Rock inscription of Ashoka, Gujjara, District Datia                                     |
| 26               | Saru-Maru monastic complex alongwith comprised area, Panguraria, District Sehore        |
| 27               | Rock edict of Ashokan, Rupnth, District Katni                                           |
| 28               | Stupa, Deorkothar, District Rewa                                                        |
| N.C.T.OF Delhi   | N.C.T.OF Delhi                                                                          |
| 29               | Ashokan pillar, Ridge, Delhi                                                            |
| 30               | Ashokan pillan, Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi                                                 |
| 31               | Ashokan Rock Edict, East of Kailash, Delhi                                              |
| Odisha           | Odisha                                                                                  |
| 32               | Rock inscription of Ashoka and the sculpture of elephant, Dhauli, District Khordha      |
| 33               | Ashokan Rock Inscription, Pandya, District Ganjam                                       |
| Rajasthan        | Rajasthan                                                                               |
| 34               | Excavated Site, Viratnagar, District Kotputli                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                           |
| 35               | Asokan Stone Pillar within the complex of Allahabad Fort, Prayagraj, District Prayagraj |
| 36               | Bhandari Devi ka Pahar containing Asokan inscription, Ahraurakhas, District Mirzapur    |
| 37               | Ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath, District Varanasi                                     |
| 38               | Elephant Capital, Sankisa, Dirstrict, Farrukhabad                                       |
| Uttarakhand      | Uttarakhand                                                                             |
| 39               | Ashokan Rock edict, Kalsi, District Dehradun                                            |

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