Bakhra
Bakhra is a village in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the site of an Ashoka pillar that was still standing in 1932 and a stupa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaishali Pillar and Paval Pagoda (Buddha’s Relics stupa in Vaishali).
Paval Pagoda (Buddha’s Relics stupa in Vaishali)
Buddhist temple
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The Relic Stupa of Vaishali is a brick and clay stupa built by the Licchavi king to contain relics of the Buddha. It has been dated to c. 5th century BCE and is considered to be the earliest archaeologically known stupa. Paval Pagoda (Buddha’s Relics stupa in Vaishali) is situated 4 km southeast of Bakhra.
Bakhra
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Bihar, India
- Category: village in India
- Location: Saraiya, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Bakhra” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bakhra”
- Dutch: “Bakhra”
- Hindi: “बखरा”
- South Azerbaijani: “باخرا (هیندوستان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “باخرا”
- Urdu: “بکھرا”
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