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part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or as an example of historic architecture. The term 'monument' is often applied to
buildings orstructures that are considered examples of important architectural and/or cultural heritage.
SL. NO. |
NAME OF THE DISTRICTS |
NOS. OF MONUMENTS |
1 | Varanasi |
18 |
2 | Chandauli |
08 |
3 | Mirzapur |
19 |
4 | Ballia |
01 |
5 | Sonbhadra |
01 |
6 | Ghazipur |
13 |
7 | SantRavidas Nagar |
01 |
8 | Jaunpur |
16 |
9 | Mau |
01 |
10 | Sultanpur |
02 |
11 | Azamgarh |
07 |
12 | Prayagraj |
15 |
13 | Kaushambi |
04 |
14 | SantkabeerNagar |
01 |
15 | Amethi |
02 |
16 | Ambedkar Nagar |
01 |
17 | Kushinagar |
10 |
18 | Deoria |
10 |
19 | Gorakhpur |
06 |
20 | Pratapgarh |
00 |
21 | Basti |
00 |
TOTAL- 136 |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 | Ancient buddhist site of Sarnath, including the Dhamekstupa, Jagat Singh Stupa, the monastery of Major Kittae and all the monuments excavated by Mr. Oertal in 1904-05 with an area of 53.04 acres, including government land measuring 21.94 acres |
Baraipur, Khajuhi Ganj (Varanasi) |
Varanasi |
2 | Cemetery |
Chaitganj |
Varanasi |
3 | Remains of a Fine Massive brick fort |
Chandrauati |
Varanasi |
4 | Ancient Buddhist Site known as Chaukhandi stupa |
Ganj and Baraipur |
Varanasi |
5 | Closed Cemetery |
Rajghat |
Varanasi |
6 | Tomb of Lal Khan |
Rajghat |
Varanasi |
7 | The whole area to the east of the buddhist site explored by the Archaoelogical department extending upto the limits of the tank/lake named Narokhar |
Sarnath |
Varanasi |
8 | Graves of European Officers |
Shivala |
Varanasi |
9 | Ancient Mound |
Tilmapur |
Varanasi |
10 | Dharahra Mosque (Aurangzeb Mosque ) |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
11 | Lt. Col. Pogson's Tomb |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
12 | Mutiny Monuments |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
13 | Observatory of Man singh |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
14 | Prahladpur inscribed Lat or monolith pillar now standing in the compound of the Queen's College (Sampurnanand Sanskrit Uni.) |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
15 | Tablet on the Treasury Building |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
16 | Telia Nala Buddhist Ruins |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
17 | Two Graves at Old Artilery lines |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
18 | Victoria Memorial |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
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Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Long Mound |
Bairant |
Chandauli |
2 |
Small conical mound of ruins called Devi-ka-sthan |
Bairant |
Chandauli |
3 |
Very extensive ancient site consisting of ruined fort |
Bairant |
Chandauli |
4 |
Large rectangular shaped mound |
Bairant |
Chandauli |
5 |
Large mound of brick ruins |
Dhanapur |
Chandauli |
6 |
Three sites with megaliths on the western and north eastern of the hill |
Hathinia Hill |
Chandauli |
7 |
Old Ruined Kot (Fortress) |
Hetimpur |
Chandauli |
8 |
Khera or Mound representing the ancient Sukalpura |
Sukalpura |
Chandauli |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Several caves in the precipitous sandstone cliffnear the top of the hill |
Adhesar |
Mirzapur |
2 |
Ruined Stone Fort of Lalitpur |
Ahraura |
Mirzapur |
3 |
Bhardari Devi ka Pahar containing Asokan inscription |
Ahraurakhas |
Mirzapur |
4 |
Ruins of Three Small Linga Temple circa 1000AD. |
Ahugi |
Mirzapur |
5 |
Ruins of a Saiva Temple |
Ahugi |
Mirzapur |
6 |
Inscribed Pillar |
Belkhara |
Mirzapur |
7 |
Mound known as Sangram Sahi-ki--Pahari |
Bhagdewar |
Mirzapur |
8 |
Cave called khoh containing two early Kutila inscriptions on the rock inside |
Bhuili |
Mirzapur |
9 |
British Cemetery |
Chunar |
Mirzapur |
10 |
Durga Khoh |
Chunar |
Mirzapur |
11 |
Inscribed slab |
Halliya |
Mirzapur |
12 |
British Cemetery |
Mirzapur |
Mirzapur |
13 |
Iftekhar Khan's Tomb |
Saryan Sikandarpur |
Mirzapur |
14 |
A life sized female figure locally known as Sankata Devi |
Sheopur |
Mirzapur |
15 |
British Cemetery |
Sultanpur |
Mirzapur |
16 |
Bharasthi Devi remains of a Mediaeval Temple |
Vindhyachal |
Mirzapur |
17 |
Fragments of sculptures, one of which is a Krishna sthambha lying on the bank of the Ganga on a chabutra at the Ramgayaghat. |
Vindhyachal |
Mirzapur |
18 |
Kantil Fort |
Vindhyachal |
Mirzapur |
19 |
Remains of temple on an island in the bed of the river Ganga at Ramgayaghat including two inscribed stones |
Vindhyachal |
Mirzapur |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
A banyan Grove containing traces of ancient building |
Amavey |
Ballia |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Pakka masonary Fort |
Vijay Garh |
Sonbhadra |
District-Ghazipur Total-13
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Anormous Mound known as Masaon-Dih |
Aonrihar |
Ghazipur |
2 |
Bridge of the Ganga river |
Bhimapur |
Ghazipur |
3 |
Bhitari Gupta-pillar with an inscription of Skanda-Gupta standing in the ruined fort |
Bhitari |
Ghazipur |
4 |
Entire ruined fort enclosure with projecting tower at the corners and numbrows mound |
Bhitari |
Ghazipur |
5 |
Remains of the Gupta period |
Bhitari |
Ghazipur |
6 |
Mound of ruins with remains of temples and other buildings |
Dildarnagar |
Ghazipur |
7 |
Dih or mound of ruins called Suiri-ka-Raj |
Ghazipur |
Ghazipur |
8 |
Lord Cornwallis Tomb |
Ghazipur |
Ghazipur |
9 |
Stone lat or pillar standing on the Western end of a mound of brick ruins and the capital of the pillar lying on the ground closely. |
Lathiya |
Ghazipur |
10 |
High Khera |
Masaondi |
Ghazipur |
11 |
Mound of ruins |
Masaondi |
Ghazipur |
12 |
Two statues representing Varaha or the Boar incarnation and Krishan with Gopis |
Saidpur |
Ghazipur |
13 |
Extensive brick-building |
Shaikhanpur |
Ghazipur |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
British Cemetery |
Gopiganj |
Santravidas nagar |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Atala Masjid |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
2 |
Cemetery of seven kings of the Sharqi Dynasty |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
3 |
Hamam or Turkish Bath in the Old Fort |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
4 |
Jaunpur Fort |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
5 |
Jhanjhari Masjid |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
6 |
Juma Masjid |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
7 |
Khalis Mukhalis or Chan Ungli Masjid |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
8 |
Khanqah or tombs of Sharqi kings of Jaunpur and the chamber for the royal mourners |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
9 |
Lal masjid (Lal Darwaja) |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
10 |
Qalich Khan ka Maqbara |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
11 |
Rauza of Shah Firoz |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
12 |
Stone group of a gigantic lion standing on a small elephant. It is lying on Akbar's bridge. |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
13 |
Tomb of Nawab Ghazi Khan |
Jaunpur |
Jaunpur |
14 |
Gateway of Hazrat Chirag-i-Hind's Palace |
Zafrabad |
Jaunpur |
15 |
Sheikh Burhan's Mosque |
Zafrabad |
Jaunpur |
16 |
Walls of the old Kankar Fort of Jayachandra |
Zafrabad |
Jaunpur |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Ancient Site |
Ghosi |
Mau |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Mosque |
Isauli |
Sultanpur |
2 |
Large dih called Majhangaon with brick-towers on the four corners |
Sultanpur |
Sultanpur |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Monuments of Captains Wilsons and Jones and eleven privated of 13th Infantry |
Azamgarh |
Azamgarh |
2 |
Mutiny Monuments |
Azamgarh |
Azamgarh |
3 |
Old British Cemetery |
Azamgarh |
Azamgarh |
4 |
Ancient site called Garhwa-ka-kot or Rajbhar-ka-lot |
Garhwa |
Azamgarh |
5 |
Ancient Site measuring 7 acres and 800 links in Khasra No. 384 |
Garhwa |
Azamgarh |
6 |
Tomb of Abhiman |
Mehnagar |
Azamgarh |
7 |
Incribed stone Pillar |
Pakri |
Azamgarh |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Small high mound, the ancient site of a large Hindu Temple |
Bara |
Prayagraj |
2 |
The area of the waste land divided by a ravine into two large mounds called "Garha and Garhi" |
Bhita |
Prayagraj |
3 |
Large stone dwelling house said to have been the residence of the two heroes of Ala and Udal cir. 8th century AD |
Chilla |
Prayagraj |
4 |
Standing figure identified by Fuhrer as Buddha Asvaghosha with a five-headed snake canopy and worshipped under the name of Srigari Devi |
Deora |
Prayagraj |
5 |
A rocky hall on the south face of the top bearing an inscription of three lines of Indo-Scythian period in red paint with some rude drawings of men and animals |
Ginja Hill |
Prayagraj |
6 |
Ruined forts of Samudra Gupta and Hansagupta |
Jhusi |
Prayagraj |
7 |
Cave known as Sita-ki-rasoi containing an inscription in characters of the 9th century AD |
Mankuar |
Prayagraj |
8 |
Cemeteries at Kydganj |
Prayagraj |
Prayagraj |
9 |
Khusru Bagh :- |
Prayagraj |
Prayagraj |
10 |
Allahabad Fort
|
Prayagraj |
Prayagraj |
11 |
Queen Victoria's Memorial in Alfred park |
Prayagraj |
Prayagraj |
12 |
Garhwa fort |
Sheorajpur |
Prayagraj |
13 |
Extensive mound called Hatgauha Dih |
Shiupur |
Prayagraj |
14 |
Large mound called Surya Bhita |
Singraur |
Prayagraj |
15 |
Ancient Site Sringraur |
Sringverpura |
Prayagraj |
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Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Fort attributed to Jay Chandra |
Karra |
Kaushambi |
2 |
Ancient fortress (representing the ancient Kaushambi) |
Kosam |
Kaushambi |
3 |
Artificial cave in the fane of the hill of Pabhosa hill |
Pabhosa |
Kaushambi |
4 |
Traces of a large brick buiding on the summit of Pabhosa |
Pabhosa |
Kaushambi |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Ancient Site |
Jungle Belhar |
Sant Kabir Nagar |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Group of ruined brick temple of the 10th century locally called Teligarhi |
Bhagupur |
Amethi |
2 |
Extensive brick strewn mounds undoubtedly of the ruins of Buddhist cities |
Raipur, Tikri, Shahgarh |
Amethi |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
Old Nawabi Mosque |
Akbarpur |
Ambedkar Nagar |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
A very large Mound of Brick ruins called Asmanpurdih |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
2 |
Circular shaped mound and the remains of a stupa |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
3 |
Large dih or mound |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
4 |
Large flat-topped mound of ruins called Jharmatiya or Dharmatiya cultivated land |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
5 |
A mound 170' in the circumference, situated on the eastern extension of the great platform on which the stupa no. 302 stands, about 40' to the north-east of that structure |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
6 |
Mound of ruins called Sahiya |
Chhetiaon |
Kushinagar |
7 |
Ancient site known as Fazilnagar ka kot |
Fazilnagar |
Kushinagar |
8 |
1) A lofty mound of solid brick work, called deisthan or Rambhar Bhavani |
Kasia |
Kushinagar |
9 |
Large mound covered with broken bricks and a few statues |
Padrauna |
Kushinagar |
10 |
Mound of brick ruins |
Sahiya |
Kushinagar |
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Name of the Monument / Site |
Locality |
District |
1 |
A Conical Stupa-shaped mound |
Amaoni |
Deoria |
2 |
Inscribed Monolith of rough grey sand stone remains locally known as 'Lat' or 'Gada' of Parasram |
Bhagalpur |
Deoria |
3 |
Two ruined Temples |
Kahaon |
Deoria |
4 |
An Inscribed stone pillar |
Kahaon (ancient Kakubha) |
Deoria |
5 |
Long low mound of ruins |
Khukhundu |
Deoria |
6 |
Ancient Site |
Khukhundu and Sajhwar |
Deoria |
7 |
Ancient Site |
Rudarpur |
Deoria |
8 |
High square shaped mound |
Rudarpur |
Deoria |
9 |
Extensive mound |
Sohnag |
Deoria |
10 |
Very high Dih or mound apparently the remains of a Buddhist stupa |
Tarakulwa |
Deoria |
1 |
Extensive remains of a very large cient city |
Barhi |
Gorakhpur |
2 |
A Series of enormous mounds |
Barhiapur or Bhadar Khas |
Gorakhpur |
3 |
Three high conical mounds of brick which are evidently the ruins of stupas |
Chaora |
Gorakhpur |
4 |
Extensive Mound |
Gopalpur |
Gorakhpur |
5 |
Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh |
Gorakhpur |
Gorakhpur |
6 |
Ancient site covered with mounds of brick ruins and containing an ancient masonry wall |
Gugaha |
Gorakhpur |