Despite having immense tourism potential as well as historical, religious and ecological significance, the Barabar hills in Jehanabad continue to battle against depredations of vandals and ravages of ...

Despite having immense tourism potential as well as historical, religious and ecological significance, the Barabar hills in Jehanabad continue to battle against depredations of vandals and ravages of ...

Dating back to the Mauryan period, Barabar Caves are the oldest rock-cut caves in India. Located in Jehanabad district in Bihar, about 31 north of Gaya, some of the caves have inscriptions that date ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

The Barabar caves are considered to be one of the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India dating back to the Mauryan period. (Pic credit: Bihar Foundation/twitter) Patna: The Archaeological Survey of ...

Scholars have for decades debated the source of the iron ore and sites of the foundries that made the implements that created the Mauryan-era Barabar Caves — India’s oldest surviving rock-cut caves — ...

The Barabar hills in Bihar’s Gaya district contains a unique group of man-made rock-cut caves (3rd century BCE) of great historical value and architectural and sculptural significance. At least three ...

Sandwiched between Gaya and Patna, Jehanabad was carved out of Gaya district in 1986 to promote development in the region. Built in the 3rd century CE during the Mauryan emperor Ashoka’s reign, the ...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to propose the Barabar and Nagarjuni caves in Bihar's Jehanabad district for inclusion in the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, an ...