Lauriya Nandangarhलौरिया नंदनगढ़
An Ashokan lion pillar in a field and one of the biggest stupa mounds in India, two kilometres apart.
See what is open on your dateOpen in Google MapsWhereWest Champaran, Bihar
Champaran & Saran
Champaran & Saran
Kind of placeMonuments & Heritage, Pilgrimage Routes
Best time to visit15 October to 15 March
Good seasonsPost-monsoon (October to November), Winter (December to February)
DifficultyEasy
Time needed2 hrs
Base and nearbyLauriya, Bettiah
EntryFree · ASI site
About Lauriya Nandangarh
An Ashokan pillar of polished sandstone with its lion capital still in place and six edicts cut into the shaft, standing in a field where it has stood since about 245 BCE, with a hole from a Mughal cannonball to show for it. Two kilometres away is Nandangarh, a brick stupa mound about 25 metres high and among the largest in India, first century BCE, and beyond it low earthen mounds that early excavators took for Vedic burials.
What to see and do
- The lion pillar with six edicts
- Nandangarh stupa mound
- The earthen mounds
- The cannonball mark on the pillar
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