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{{Infobox religious building
| building_name = Bharatpur Stupa <br/> <small> ভরতপুর স্তূপ {{in lang|bn}}</small>
| image = Buddhist stupa at Bharatpur in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal; 14.jpg
| image_size = 300px
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| location = {{flagicon|India}} [[Bharatpur, Purba Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|23.4117031|87.4441046|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Buddhism]]
| architecture_type = [[Stupa]]
| architecture_style = Pancharatha
| year_completed = 7th-9th century AD
| length =
| width =
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| materials = Bricks and stones
| functional_status =
| administration = [[Archaeological Survey of India]]
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The '''Bharatpur Stupa''' is a large stupa located at the Bharatpur archaeological site in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="thehindu1"/> Although the stupas discovered in West Bengal are small in size, this is a large stupa.<ref name="telegraphindia1">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=Finds shed light on the Chalcolithic |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/finds-shed-light-on-the-chalcolithic/cid/1279789 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |publisher=The Telegraph India |access-date=16 September 2023 |location=Kolkata }}</ref> Historians believe that this stupa was probably adjacent to a [[Buddhist monasticism|Buddhist monastery]].<ref name="anandabazar1"/>

Bharatpur Stupa was built during the [[Pala Empire|Pala period]]. Eleven Buddha statues seated on [[Vajrasana (yoga)|Vajrasana]] in ''Bhumiparsha Mudras'' – all five fingers of the right hand extended to touch the ground – were discovered in this ruined stupa.<ref name="anandabazar1"/>

The stupa was found by archaeologists during preliminary excavations conducted by the Eastern Circle of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] and the [[University of Burdwan]] between 1972 and 1975.<ref name="anandabazar1">{{cite web |last1=Dutta |first1=Shrabani |title=পশ্চিম বর্ধমানের বৌদ্ধ প্রত্নস্থল |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/buddhist-archaeological-site-at-paschim-bardhaman-1.929262 |website=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |access-date=16 September 2023 |language=bn }}</ref>

==Description==
Bharatpur Stupa is the largest Buddhist Stupa in West Bengal.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=Of a bygone era: excavations reveal Buddhist monastery complex at Bharatpur of Bengal |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/excavations-reveal-buddhist-monastery-complex-at-bharatpur-in-wb/article66416717.ece |website=www.thehindu.com |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=16 September 2023 |location=Kolkata }}</ref> The [[Stupa|stupa]] was built by bricks and stones in the ''Pancharatha'' style, with a base area of 13 square meters. The foundation of the stupa is laid on compact yellow sandy soil. Today, the base structure of the stupa survives, When the rest of the part was destroyed. Two different sizes of bricks are used in the construction, which are 30 x 8 x 7 cm and 48 x 21 x 6 cm respectively. A mixture of sand and [[Lime (material)|lime]] was used for masonry. The facades are embellished with corbelled courses, moldings and chaitya gavaksa motifs of floral designs. Above the corbelled courses are niches in the walls of the stupa, which are at a height equivalent to the height of the human eye from the ground. These niches were probably decorated with Buddha statues.<ref name="academia1">{{cite journal |last1=Majumdar |first1=Somreeta |title=Archaeological Landscape of the Buddhist Stupa of Bharatpur |journal=Arnava |pages=54-55 |url=https://www.academia.edu/44906403/Archaeological_Landscape_of_the_Buddhist_Stupa_of_Bharatpur |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=[[Visva-Bharati University]]}}</ref><ref name="getbengal1">{{cite web |last1=Bhowmik |first1=Rupam |title=Unearthing Bharatpur Stupa: A treasure trove of historical and cultural artifacts |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/unearthing-bharatpur-stupa-a-treasure-trove-of-historical-and-cultural-artifacts |website=Get Bengal |access-date=16 September 2023 }}</ref>

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