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Partially excavated places tagged “maurya”

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Deorkothar

Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 2–1 c. BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga Buddhist (Ashokan sphere)

Four-stupa Mauryan–Sunga Buddhist hilltop complex (3 c. BCE–6 c. CE) on Vindhyan escarpment between Rewa and Prayag.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city

Taxila

Gandhara 6th c BCE–5th c CE (Achaemenid to late Kushan) · Gandharan / multi-empire (Persian, Greek, Buddhist)

Palimpsest city spanning Gandhara civilization 6th c BCE–5th c CE with three successive cities (Bhir Mound, Sirkap, Sirsukh) and Buddhist monastery complex Dharmarajika.