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'''Bharhut''' or '''Barhut''', is a ___location in [[Madhya Pradesh]], Central [[India]], known for its famous Buddhist [[stupa]]. The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the [[Maurya]] king [[Asoka]] in the [[3rd century BCE]], but many works of art were apparently added during the [[Sunga empire|Sunga]] period, with many [[friezes]] from the [[2nd century BCE]]. An epigraph on the gateway mention its erection "during the supremacy of the Sungas"<ref>[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/docs/archaeology/primarydocs/Sanchi/HistArt.htm John Marshall, "An Historical and Artistic Description of Sanchi", from ''A guideGuide to Sanchi",'' p11citing p. 11. Calcutta: Superintendent, Government Printing (1918). Pp. 7-29 on line, Project South Asia.]</ref> by Vatsiputra Dhanabhuti.<ref>[http://www.inc-icom.org/newgal_bharut.html]</ref>.

[[Image:CunninghamBharhut.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Yaksa]] reliefs. Bharhut, 2nd century BCE.]]