BARI KACHERI

(Shamgarh Tahsil - IN)
24.200000,75.500000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A man-made Buddhist 'cave temple' (rock-cut chamber used for religious purposes) excavated in a low hill (Deogarh Hill) of coarse laterite of a very friable description (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 11: 283) or cellular iron clay (TOD, J 1829-1832, 2: 577-581). SITUATION: At –>Dhamnar. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1820: To do (TOD, J 1829-1832 / 1914, 1997, 2: 577-579). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1908: The Bari Kacheri (big courthouse) consists of a chaitya hall, 20 feet square [6.1 m by 6.1 m], containing a stupa. It has a pillared portico, enclosed by a stone railing cut to imitate a wooden structure (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 11: 283).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Imperial Gazetteer 1907-1908; Tod, James 1829-1832 / 1914, 1920, 1978, 1997.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1820.12.08: Yati Gyan Chandra guided James Tod, then the Political Agent to the Rajput States, to the site (TOD, J 1829-1832, 1: 521 note 2; vol. 2: 577-581). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0DHAMNAR CAVES
0.0BHIM's BAZAR, Dhamnar
0.0HATHIGAON CAVES
0.0RAMAGAON CAVES
0.0KHOLVI (Caves at)
0.0DHARMNATHA CAVE
16.9Benaiga Caves
20.0POLADONGAR CAVES
37.9AWAR (Caves near)