Ahichatra
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ahichchhatra
- Ancient site.image
- Jain Universal History Diorama in Jain Museum Madhuban 18.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 270px
- Ancient site.caption
- A diorama in Jain Museum of Madhuban, Giridih depicting the event at Ahichchhatra
- Ancient site.map_type
- South Asia#Uttar Pradesh
- Ancient site.map_dot_label
- Ahichchhatra
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Ancient site.type
- Temples
- Ancient site.built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ochre Coloured Pottery culture, Black and red ware, Painted Grey Ware culture, Gupta Empire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Image
- Ahichchhatra Fort Temple Bareilly.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Archaeology
- Jain tradition
- Means of approach
- Nearby places
- Sculpture from Ahichchhatra
- Notes
- References
thumb|upright=1|Gupta art|Gupta [[terracotta of the personified Ganges, 5th-6th century CE, National Museum, New Delhi.]]
Ahichchhatra or Ahikhet (, ) or Ahikshetra (, ), near the modern Ramnagar village in Aonla tehsil, Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, India, was the ancient capital of Northern Panchala, a northern Indian kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata.