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title: Bhitargaon
author: Sabyk2001
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3873/bhitargaon/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Bhitargaon
_Authored by Sabyk2001_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3873.jpg)
## Image Caption
The brick shikhara tower of the [Hindu](https://www.worldhistory.org/hinduism/) [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) at Bhitargaon, Uttar Pradesh, northern [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/). Built in the late 5th century CE during the [Gupta](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/gupta/) reign it is one of the oldest surviving Hindu temple buildings in existence.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_temple.jpg) by [**Sabyk2001**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_temple.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 19 May 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.