Nagara may refer to: Places Nagara (ancient city), an ancient city in Afghanistan Nagara, Karnataka, India Nagara, Chiba, a town in Japan Nagara River, a river in Japan People with the surname Masashi Nagara (born 1977), Japanese fencer Nagara family, a rabbinical family (includes a list of people with the name) Other uses Nagara (drum), a type of drum played in the Middle East Naqareh or nagara, a type of drum played in the Middle East Nagara (moth), a genus of moth Nagara architecture, a style of Hindu temple architecture Nagari, or Nagara, several related writing systems of South Asia Nagara language, an Australian language Nagara people, an Australian ethnic group Japanese cruiser Nagara, a Japanese World War II light cruiser Nagara-class cruiser, a Japanese World War II light cruiser class See also Niagara (disambiguation) Language and nationality disambiguation pages