Deur Kothar, Archaeological site in Madhya Pradesh, India

Deur Kothar is an archaeological site in the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, reached via the Katra turn on the Rewa-Allahabad road. Its four brick stupa mounds include Stupa No. 1, about 9 m (30 ft) high; remains of roughly 30 stone or brick stupas lie across the site, and excavations in 1999-2000 opened Stupas No. 1 and 2.

The site originates from the Mauryan period and was discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1982. Extensive excavations that followed revealed its importance as an early center of Buddhist worship.

Inscription 1 on a broken pillar shaft names the teacher Dhammadeva and his disciples Uttaramitra, Bhadra and Upasaka, who erected the pillar in memory of the Buddha. The Prakrit text in early Brahmi script records a lineage of about twelve teacher-disciple generations from the Buddha to Dhammadeva.

The site is open during daytime hours and does not charge entry fees. It can be reached via the Rewa-Allahabad Road, making it accessible for day trips from surrounding areas.

Among the 63 rock shelters, archaeologist Sanskriti Singh of Baroda University recorded painted stupas and incised inscriptions alongside handprints, chariots and horse riders. On the ceilings, geometric patterns recur in a pre-figurative style compared to Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic art, and microlithic blade tools were found nearby.