Monuments

A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event, or which has become important to a social group as a
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.

LIST OF CENTRAL PROTECTED MONUMENTS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
SARNATH CIRCLE
Total: 136
UTTAR PRADESH

 

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

 

 

District-Varanasi                                                                                                       Total-18

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

District-Chandauli                                                                                                    Total-08

Sl.No.

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

District-Mirzapur                                                                                                      Total-19

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

District-Ballia                                                                                                Total-01


Sl.No.

Name of the Monument / Site

Locality

District

   1

A banyan Grove containing traces of ancient building

Amavey

Ballia

 

 

District-Sonbhadra                                                                                                  Total-01

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

 

District-Santravidas nagar                                                                                       Total-01

Sl.No.

Name of the Monument / Site

Locality

District

    1

British Cemetery

Gopiganj

Santravidas nagar

 

 

 

 

District-Jaunpur                                                                                                        Total-16

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

District-Mau                                                                                                              Total-01


Sl.No.

Name of the Monument / Site

Locality

District

   1

Ancient Site

Ghosi

Mau

District-Sultanpur                                                                                                     Total-02


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

District-Azamgarh                                                                                                    Total-07


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

District-Prayagraj                                                                                                     Total-15


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 :-
Enclosure wall and Gateway of Khusru Bagh,
Tomb of Bibi Tamolan,
Tomb of Sultan Khusru,
Tomb of Sultan Khusru's Mother,
Tomb of Sultan Khusru's Sister

Prayagraj

Prayagraj

10

Allahabad Fort

    1. Ashokan Pillar (Inscribed stone pillar)
    2. Zanana Palace

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

District-Kaushambi                                                                                                        Total-04


Sl.No.

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

District-Sant kabir Nagar                                                                                              Total-01


Sl.No.

Name of the Monument / Site

Locality

District

1

Ancient Site

Jungle Belhar

Sant Kabir Nagar

District-Amethi                                                                                                             Total-02


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

District-Ambedkarnagar                                                                                             Total-01

Sl.No.

Name of the Monument / Site

Locality

District

1

Old Nawabi Mosque

Akbarpur

Ambedkar Nagar

District-Kushinagar                                                                                                   Total-10


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
2) An oblong mound mound called the fort of Matha Kuar which is covered with broken bricks and on which stands a much ruined brick stupa, a large statue of buddha, the ascetic; a colossal statue representing Buddha's Nirvan
3) A low square mound covered with broken bricks near the barrows scattered over plain to the north and east of the great mound

Kasia

Kushinagar

9

Large mound covered with broken bricks and a few statues

Padrauna

Kushinagar

10

Mound of brick ruins

Sahiya

Kushinagar

 

District-Deoria                                                                                                            Total-10

Sl.No.

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

District-Gorakhpur                                                                                                    Total-06

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