An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.135
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.135
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**Bairat¹** (27°27'; 76°12'), Dt Jaipur, 66 km n. of Jaipur and 40 km w. of Alwar, with two inscriptions of Aśoka, one on an isolated boulder and the other on a hill called Bijak-ki-pahari the top of which is reached by a roughly flagged ramp. One of the inscriptions is addressed to the Buddhist community. A. Cunningham considered Bairat to be the capital of the Matsyas (*ASI—AR*, 6, 1873).