Bimaran is a locality, 11 km west of

Jalalabad Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلال‌آباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

.DATING AND LOCATING MUJATRIA AND THE TWO KHARAHOSTES
by Joe Cribb, 2015, p.27 et sig It is well known for the discovery of the

Bimaran casket The Bimaran casket or Bimaran reliquary is a small gold reliquary for Buddhist relics that was found inside the stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. Discovery When it was found by the archaeologist Charles Masson during ...

in one of the

stupa A stupa ( sa, स्तूप, lit=heap, ) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as ''śarīra'' – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. In Buddhism, circumamb ...

s (stupa Nb 2) located at Bimaran. Altogether five ancient stupas are known in Bimaran, all dating to the 1st century BCE-1st century CE: * Stupa No1: , in the fields southeast of the Bimaran village. It has a circumference of 38.40 meters. * Stupa No2: , in the Bimaran village. It has a circumference of 43.90 meters. * Stupa No3: , in the Bimaran village. It has a circumference of 33 meters. * Stupa No4: , in the Bimaran village. It has a circumference of 43.9 meters. Nearby is: * Passani Stupa No1: File:BimaranCasket2.JPG, The

. File:Stupas around Jelalabad, Bimaran.jpg, Stupas around

Jelalabad Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلال‌آباد, ) is the list of cities in Afghanistan, fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about ...

, Bimaran area highlighted File:Stupa 2 Bimaran Charles Masson.jpg, The Stupa Nb.2 at Bimaran, where the

was excavated. Drawing by

Charles Masson Charles Masson (1800–1853) was the pseudonym of James Lewis, a British East India Company soldier and reporter, independent explorer and pioneering archaeologist and numismatist. He was the first European to discover the ruins of Harappa nea ...

External links

Bimaran (US Department of Defense)

References

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