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Bihar finds mention in the
Vedas,Puranas,epics,etc.It was the main scene of the activities of
the Buddha, and 24 Jain Thirthankaras. It was the Home state of the
mauryan emperors. Under Ashoka the great ,Magadha and it's capital
Pataliputra became famous all over the world. With the death of
Ashoka ,it's fortunes declined ,However under the Gupta emperors it
regained it's lost glories .Under the sultan's of Delhi ,and later under
the mughal emperors Bhar was reduce to the status of province it's only
claim was that it lay on the route from Bengal to Delhi,
When Sher shah a Bihar, Himself drove out humayun and occupied the
throne of Delhi ,Bihar once again shot in to limelight. Sher Shan
founded the city of patna on the site of the ancient capital pataliputra
and gave the country an efficient administration. Bihar enjoyed a period
of Peace and suitably under Akbar the great and the later mughal's.
With the Decline of the Mughal empire,Bihar passed in to the hands of
nawab's of Bengal, by the decisive battle at the Buxar in Bihar 1764.
Under the British Bihar was the First Part of bengal presidency,
in 1911,Bihar Along with Orissa ,was Separated from the presidency of
bengal. In 1936 Bihar & Orissa became Separate
Provinces.
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