List of Monuments of National Importance in Bihar

This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Bihar. ^[1] The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviation of the subdivision of the list (state, ASI circle) and the numbering as published on the website of the ASI. 70 Monuments of National Importance have been recognized by the ASI in Bihar. ^[2]

List of monuments of national importance

SL. No.	Description	Location	Address	District	Coordinates	Image
N-BR-1	Tomb of Shamsher Khan	Shamshernagar		Aurangabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-2	Ancient site of Vikramashila Monastery	Antichak		Bhagalpur		Ancient site of Vikramashila Monastery
N-BR-3	Rock Temple	Golgong		Bhagalpur		Upload Photo
N-BR-4	Patalpuri cave and land adjoining Bateshwar Sthan cave on the Patharghata hill	Madhorampur		Bhagalpur		Patalpuri cave and land adjoining Bateshwar Sthan cave on the Patharghata hill
N-BR-5	Rock sculptures	Patharghatta		Bhagalpur		Upload Photo
N-BR-6	Ancient mound	Buxar		Buxar		Upload Photo
N-BR-7	Ashoka column known as Laur pillar	Lauriya Areraj		East Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-8	Fort ruins, tank and Stupa	Sagardih		East Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-9	Buddhist Stupa	Tajpur Deur		East Champaran		Buddhist Stupa More images
N-BR-10	Ancient Stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh	Bakraur		Gaya		Ancient Stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh More images
N-BR-11	Ancient mounds in the valley known as “Hasra Kol”	Bishunpurtarwa, Hasra and Jagdishpur		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-12	Ancient mouds in the hill known as ‘Sobhnath’	Bishunpurtarwa, Hasra and Jagdishpur		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-13	Ancient Buddhistic image and other images and sculptures collected underneath a shed	Guneri		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-14	Siva temple	Konch		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-15	Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the southern and eastern faces of some rocks and boulders of Kauwadol Hill	Kurisarai		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-16	Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of the Kauwadol Hill.	Kurisarai		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-17	Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern-eastern faces of some rocks of Kauwadol Hill.	Kurisarai		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-18	Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated boulder to the east of the Kauwadol Hill.	Kurisarai		Gaya		Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated boulder to the east of the Kauwadol Hill.
N-BR-19	The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillars.	Kurisarai		Gaya		The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillars.
N-BR-20	The area generally known as ‘Garh’ is the site of an ancient Buddhist monastery. Famous for the hoard of 148 bronze images excavated in 1930, [3] now in the Patna Museum. Some Pala period sculptures and architectural fragments, including the Buddha statue illustrated, were collected by Major Markham Kittoe in the nineteenth century and are now in the British Museum.	Kurkihar		Gaya		Upload Photo
N-BR-21	Gopi Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hills		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-22	Karan Chaupar Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hills,		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-23	Vadathika Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hils		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-24	Lomas Rishi Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hils,		Jehanabad		Lomas Rishi Cave More images
N-BR-25	Sudama Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hils,		Jehanabad		Sudama Cave More images
N-BR-26	Vapiyaka Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hils,		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-27	Visva Jhopa Cave	Barabar and Nagarjuni hils,		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-28	Ancient Buddhistic image and sculptures collected underneath a shed	Ghejan		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-29	Ancient monolithic pillar known as Lat	Lat		Jehanabad		Upload Photo
N-BR-30	Tomb of Bakhtiar Khan	Malik Sarai		Kaimur		Tomb of Bakhtiar Khan
N-BR-31	Temple of Mundeswari Devi	Paura		Kaimur		Temple of Mundeswari Devi
N-BR-32	Kanhaiya ji ka mandir	Bandarjhula		Kishanganj		Upload Photo
N-BR-33	Remains of ancient fort or Pachrukhi Garh locally known as Raja Bali Ka Garh	Balirajgarh		Madhubani		Upload Photo
N-BR-34	Ashokan Column	Kolhua		Muzaffarpur		Ashokan Column More images
N-BR-35	Ancient mound	Bargaon		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-36	Tomb of Malik Ibrahim Bayu	Bihar Sharif		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-37	Ancient remains known as Garh	Ghorakatora		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-38	Statue of Buddha	Jagdishpur		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-39	All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area	Nalanda		Nalanda		All mounds, structures and buildings enclosed in the acquired area
N-BR-40	All ancient structures and other monuments	Rajgir		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-41	All ancient structures and all artificial ancient remains which are situated within a distance of half a mile of the said two ancient cities known as old and new Rajgriha	Rajgir		Nalanda		Upload Photo
N-BR-42	Walls of the two ancient cities known as old and new Rajgriha	Rajgir		Nalanda		Walls of the two ancient cities known as old and new Rajgriha
N-BR-43	The grove known as “Bulandibagh”	Bulandipur		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-44	The mound or stupa known as “Chhoti Paharai”	Chhoti Pahari		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-45	Sculpture and Images	Datiana		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-46	Supposed site of the Palace of Ashoka	Kumrahar		Patna		Supposed site of the Palace of Ashoka
N-BR-47	Tomb of Shah Makhadum Daulat Maneri and Ibrahim Khan	Maner		Patna		Tomb of Shah Makhadum Daulat Maneri and Ibrahim Khan
N-BR-48	Tank	Maner		Patna		Tank
N-BR-49	Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land which is part of survey plot No. 608 & 611	Maner		Patna		Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land which is part of survey plot No. 608 & 611
N-BR-50	Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land constituting survey plot No. 399	Maner		Patna		Ancient Mound and ruined brick walls together with adjacent land constituting survey plot No. 399
N-BR-51	Mounds known as the five stupasor "Panch Pahari"	Paharidih		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-52	(i) Ablution Tank, (ii) Mir Ashraf’s Jama Mosque and (iii) Pucca well	Patna		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-53	Remains of wooden foundations and ancient Mauryan walls	Sandalpur		Patna		Upload Photo
N-BR-54	Ashokan inscription on the Chandan Shahid hill	Ashikpur		Rohtas		Upload Photo
N-BR-55	Rohtasgarh fort	Rohtasgarh		Rohtas		Rohtasgarh fort
N-BR-56	Tomb of Hasan Shah Suri	Sasaram		Rohtas		Tomb of Hasan Shah Suri More images
N-BR-57	Tomb of Sher Shah Suri	Sasaram		Rohtas		Tomb of Sher Shah Suri More images
N-BR-58	Three rock inscriptions (Adjacent to Tara Chandi temple)	Sasaram		Rohtas		Upload Photo
N-BR-59	Remains of Ancient city	Manjhi		Saran		Upload Photo
N-BR-60	Ancestral House of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the First President of India	Jiradei		Siwan		Upload Photo
N-BR-61	Jami mosque	Hajipur		Vaishali		Upload Photo
N-BR-62	Relic Stupa	Harpur Basant (Vaishali)		Vaishali		Relic Stupa More images
N-BR-63	Raja Vishal ka Garh	Vaishali		Vaishali		Raja Vishal ka Garh
N-BR-64	Ruined fortress, Chankigarh	Chanki		West Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-65	Ashoka column	Lauriya Nandangarh		West Champaran		Ashoka column More images
N-BR-66	Vedic burial mounds	Lauriya Nandangarh		West Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-67	Ruined fortress at Nandangarh and the rampart of the fort	Marhia		West Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-68	Vedic burial mounds	Marhia		West Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-69	Vedic burial mounds	Pakri		West Champaran		Upload Photo
N-BR-70	Ashoka column	Rampurwa		West Champaran		Upload Photo

See also

• List of Monuments of National Importance in India for other Monuments of National Importance in India
• List of State Protected Monuments in Bihar

References

1. List of Monuments of National Importance as published by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine .
2. "List of Centrally protected Monuments / Sites under the jurisdiction of Bihar (Patna Circle) - Archaeological Survey of India". asi.nic.in. August 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
3. Kaufman, Ellen (10 January 2017). "Resplendent Sculpture of Avalokiteshvara from Kurkihar".