[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c29.135 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.135 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.135 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.135) \*\*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). - [Previous: v2.c29.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.134) - [Next: v2.c29.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.136) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aśoka](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.135) · Pramāṇa