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Talpura

Coordinates: 22°28′N 77°23′E / 22.47°N 77.39°E / 22.47; 77.39
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Tālpurā
तालपुरा
Buddhist site
Tālpurā is located in India
Tālpurā
Tālpurā
Possible location in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India
Tālpurā is located in Madhya Pradesh
Tālpurā
Tālpurā
Tālpurā (Madhya Pradesh)
Coordinates: 22°28′N 77°23′E / 22.47°N 77.39°E / 22.47; 77.39
Country India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictSehore
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Tālpurā (Hindi तालपुरा) in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, is an ancient Buddhist site near Hoshangabad overlooking the Narmada River. It dates to the early centuries BCE and consists of two stupas, one with remains of a stone railing carved with lotus medallions and other designs similar to those seen at Sanchi. Next to the stupas is a rock shelter with paintings. [1]

Buddhist stūpa at Tālpurā (Sehore district) Madhya Pradesh.

Tālpurā appears in the List of Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh/West and is centrally protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

References

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  1. ^ Peter Skilling, “Stūpas, Aśoka and Buddhist Nuns: Early Buddhism in Ujjain and Malwa,” Bulletin of the Asia Institute 25 (2011): 157–73. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43896142.