Belkhara
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Belkhara (बेलखारा) is a village in Chunar Tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Location
Belkhara village is located in Chunar Tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated 22km away from sub-district headquarter Chunar and 54km away from district headquarter Mirzapur. Chunar is nearest town to Belkhara. [1]
Variants
History
Ahraura has many famous holy places: there is a temple situated in rocky mountain and there is stone inscription of Emperor Ashoka, one of the Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka. An important monument accounts for stone-scripture by Emperor Ashoka, in a script possibly Pali, a mark of Buddhist Influence, which in that period, might have been a site of distribution of food by the monastery, thus contributing the name Bhandari. Near the Southern End of the city, near the Water Reservoir, is a Stone Pillar, that too is believed to be erected by Emperor Ashoka, with a script/note in Pali.
बेलखारा
बेलखारा (AS, p.643), जिला मिर्जापुर, उ.प्र. अहरौरा के निकट इस स्थान पर प्राचीन अभिलिखित स्तंभ स्थित है। [2]