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Nigali Sagar (also called Nigliva, Nigali Sagar pillar, Nighihawa pillar, Nigliva pillar, or Araurakot pillar) is an archaeological site in Nepal containing the remains of a pillar of Ashoka.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Alexander Cunningham, Alois Anton Führer, Brahmi script, Faxian, Gotihawa, Kapilvastu Municipality, Koṇāgamana, Lumbini, Lumbini pillar inscription, Nepal, Nigalihawa, Pali, Pillars of Ashoka, Prakrit, Priyadasi, Ripu Malla, Sanchi, Sandstone, Shaka era, Stupa, Xuanzang.

  2. 3rd-century BC establishments in Nepal
  3. Archaeological discoveries in Nepal
  4. Archaeological sites in Nepal
  5. Buildings and structures in Kapilvastu District
  6. Monuments and memorials in Nepal

Alexander Cunningham

Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.

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Alois Anton Führer

Alois Anton Führer (26 November 1853 – 5 November 1930) was a German indologist who worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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Brahmi script

Brahmi (ISO: Brāhmī) is a writing system of ancient India.

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Faxian

Faxian (337–), formerly romanized as Fa-hien and Fa-hsien, was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled on foot from Jin China to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures.

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Gotihawa

Gotihawa (formerly called Gutivā in Western sources) is a village development committee located about southeast of Kapilavastu, in Kapilvastu District, in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. Nigali Sagar and Gotihawa are Archaeological sites in Nepal.

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Kapilvastu Municipality

Kapilvastu (also known by name of Taulihawa) is a municipality and administrative center of Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. Nigali Sagar and Kapilvastu Municipality are Archaeological sites in Nepal.

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Koṇāgamana

Koṇāgamana (Pāli), also known as Kanakamuni in Sanskrit or alternatively Koṇāgon or Kanakagamana, is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23 of the Buddhavaṃsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon.

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Lumbini

Lumbinī (IPA, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. Nigali Sagar and Lumbini are Archaeological sites in Nepal.

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Lumbini pillar inscription

The Lumbini pillar inscription, also called the Paderia inscription, is an inscription in the ancient Brahmi script, discovered in December 1896 on a pillar of Ashoka in Lumbini, Nepal by former Chief of the Nepalese Army General Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana under the authority of Nepalese government and assisted by Alois Anton Führer. Nigali Sagar and Lumbini pillar inscription are 3rd-century BC establishments in Nepal, Archaeological discoveries in Nepal, Archaeological sites in Nepal and Monuments and memorials in Nepal.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nigalihawa

Nigalihawa is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. Nigali Sagar and Nigalihawa are Archaeological sites in Nepal.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Pillars of Ashoka

The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic pillars dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who reigned from to 232 BC.

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Prakrit

Prakrit is a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE.

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Priyadasi

Priyadasi, also Piyadasi or Priyadarshi (Brahmi: 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀤𑀲𑀺 piyadasi, translit), was the name of a ruler in ancient India, most likely Ashoka the Great; literally an honorific epithet which means "He who regards others with kindness", "Humane", "He who glances amiably".

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Ripu Malla

Ripu Malla was the Maharajadhiraja of the Khasa Kingdom who reigned in the early 14th century.

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Sanchi

Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Shaka era

The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78.

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Stupa

In Buddhism, a stupa (lit) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang ((Hsüen Tsang); 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (/), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator.

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See also

3rd-century BC establishments in Nepal

Archaeological discoveries in Nepal

Archaeological sites in Nepal

Buildings and structures in Kapilvastu District

Monuments and memorials in Nepal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigali_Sagar

Also known as Nigali-Sagar.