Lauria Nandangarh is famous for 1 A large excavated Stupa belonging to the Ashokan period 2 A monoli...........

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Lauria Nandangarh is famous for

1. A large excavated Stupa belonging to the Ashokan period.

2. A monolithic iron pillar of the Mauryan period that was used to propagate Dharma to Sri Lanka.

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Explanation:

Lauriya Nandangarh is a historical site located in West Champaran district of Bihar.Remains of Mauryan period have been found here.On excavation, Nandangarh turned out to be stupendous Stupa with a polygonal or cruciform base; with its missing dome which must have been proportionately tall, the Stupa must have been one of the highest in India.This thirty-two-foot-tall column has an almost fifty-ton seated lion capital placed on its top, an engineering feat worth admiring.The bull capital from Rampura is also another fine example of Mauryan sculpture.The village draws its name from a pillar (laur) of Ashoka standing there and the stupa mound Nandangarh (variant Nanadgarh) about 2 km south-west of the pillar.