Bairat is a town in northern Jaipur District of Rajasthan, India. Bairat is located 52 km north of Jaipur, and 66km west of Alwar. Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Alwar or Ulwar was a princely state in India during the time of British rule, in what is now Rajasthan. ...

History

The ancient name of the town was Viratnagar, and its history goes back to the time of the Mahabharata. Viratnagar was the capital of the ancient Indian kindgom (Mahajanapada) of Machcha or Matsya. The kingdom came under the control of the neighboring Chedi kingdom in the 5th century, and was later part of the Mauryan Empire. The ruins of the Bijak-ki-pahadi, a Buddhist chaitya (chapel) from the 3rd century BCE, is the oldest freestanding Buddhist structure in India. The town also has the ruins of a Buddhist monastery, a wood and timber shrine, and rock-cut edict from Emperor Asoka that date from the Mauryan period. The town has a number of Mughal structures, including a chhatri (cenotaph) with some of the earliest surviving murals in Rajasthan, and a lodge where the Mughal emperor Akbar hunted and stayed overnight on his yearly pilgrimage to Ajmer. The Mahabharata (Devanagari: महाभारत, phonetically Mahābhārata - see note), sometimes just called Bharata, is one of the two major ancient Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Ramayana. ... Buddhist texts like Anguttara Nikaya and Culla-Niddesa frequently mention sixteen great nations (solasa Mahajanapadas), which existed before the time of the Buddha. ... A stupa A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent and Asia. ... (4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) // Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... The Mauryan empire (321 to 185 BCE), at its largest extent around 230 BCE. The Mauryan Empire was Indias first great unified empire. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... A chaitya-griha (stupa hall) is a meeting or assembly often used for purposes similar to a stupa. ... (4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean Rome conquers Spain Great Wall of China begun Indian traders regularly visited Arabia Scythians occupy... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... This article is about Ashoka, the emperor. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... The Cenotaph, London Overview A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. ... Jalauddin Akbar Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbár, (alternative spellings include Jellaladin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – 1605) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. ... Ajmer, or Ajmere, is a city in Indias Rajasthan state. ...

The town's Viratnagar Museum houses artefacts from Bairat's long history, including sculptures, coins, pottery, seals, and metal objects.