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[[File:Goddess Ganga. Delhi National Museum ni01-11.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Gupta art|Gupta]] [[terracotta]] of the personified [[Ganges]], 5th-6th century CE, [[National Museum, New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harle |first1=James C. |title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwcBVvdqyBkC&pg=PA117 |language=en}}</ref>]] | [[File:Goddess Ganga. Delhi National Museum ni01-11.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Gupta art|Gupta]] [[terracotta]] of the personified [[Ganges]], 5th-6th century CE, [[National Museum, New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harle |first1=James C. |title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwcBVvdqyBkC&pg=PA117 |language=en}}</ref>]] | ||
'''Ahichchhatra''' (or '''Ahichatra''', ''Ahi-Kshetra''), near the modern [[Ramnagar, Bareilly|Ramnagar]] village in [[Aonla, Uttar Pradesh|Aonla tehsil]], [[Bareilly district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, was the ancient [[Capital (political)|capital]] of Northern [[Panchala]], a northern Indian kingdom mentioned in the [[Mahabharata]].<ref name=Malik>{{Cite book |last=Malik |first=Dr Malti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMg-DAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA12 |title=History of India |date=2016 |publisher=New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-81-7335-498-4 | | '''Ahichchhatra''' (or '''Ahichatra''', ''Ahi-Kshetra''), near the modern [[Ramnagar, Bareilly|Ramnagar]] village in [[Aonla, Uttar Pradesh|Aonla tehsil]], [[Bareilly district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, was the ancient [[Capital (political)|capital]] of Northern [[Panchala]], a northern Indian kingdom mentioned in the [[Mahabharata]].<ref name=Malik>{{Cite book |last=Malik |first=Dr Malti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMg-DAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA12 |title=History of India |date=2016 |publisher=New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-81-7335-498-4 |pages=51–54 |language=en}}</ref> [[Kampilya]] was the capital of the southern Panchala. | ||
Most of the city was half a mile north-east of the modern village, with a large mound, popularly called the fort, two miles west of this. Several significant finds of sculpture, in both stone and (especially) [[terracotta]] of the early centuries CE, have been made at the site and are now in various museums. Excavations have uncovered nine strata, the lowest from before the 3rd century BCE and the latest from the 11th century CE.<ref>Kala, p. xv</ref> | Most of the city was half a mile north-east of the modern village, with a large mound, popularly called the fort, two miles west of this. Several significant finds of sculpture, in both stone and (especially) [[terracotta]] of the early centuries CE, have been made at the site and are now in various museums. Excavations have uncovered nine strata, the lowest from before the 3rd century BCE and the latest from the 11th century CE.<ref>Kala, p. xv</ref> | ||
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== Jain tradition == | == Jain tradition == | ||
Ahikshetra is an important religious place for the followers of [[Jainism]] in India. Jain literatures cites this as a place where [[Parshvanatha]] attained [[Kevala Jnana]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jainteerth.com/uttar-pradesh-u-p-jain-teerth/shri-ahichchhatra-parshvanath-atishaya-kshetra-ramnagar/|title=Shri Ahichchhatra Parshvanath Atishaya Kshetra, Ramnagar {{!}} JainTeerth.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-22}}</ref> | Ahikshetra is an important religious place for the followers of [[Jainism]] in India.{{dubious|date=June 2021}} Jain literatures cites this as a place where [[Parshvanatha]] attained [[Kevala Jnana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jainteerth.com/uttar-pradesh-u-p-jain-teerth/shri-ahichchhatra-parshvanath-atishaya-kshetra-ramnagar/|title=Shri Ahichchhatra Parshvanath Atishaya Kshetra, Ramnagar {{!}} JainTeerth.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-22}}</ref> | ||
==Means of approach== | ==Means of approach== | ||
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