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