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Agam Kuan
Agam Kuan, the
bottomless well, is an ancient relic of the Mauryan Emperor
Ashok. located a little distance away from Ashoka's
Charitable Hospital in the Kumrahar complex, is this famous
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Buddha Stupa
Sacred ashes were
found enshrined in a casket here. The external of this stupa,
which is now in a decaying condition, has a plain surface. One
eighth of the sacred ashes of the lord Buddha were enshrined
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Coronation
Tank
Facing the Vaishali Museum is the
good-looking lake known as the Coronation Tank or Abhishekh
Pushkarni. Surrounded by flowering trees and shrubs, the water
of the reservoir was assumed to be holy in the older days and
all of Vaishali's selected representatives were anointed here,
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Fort Vishal
Fort Vishal, one kilometer lengthy fort
is said to have housed the parliament of those times. This
fort is named after King Vishal. The fort was a element of the
oldest democracy in the world. The construction of this fort
is worth giving a look. Apart from tFort-Vishal.phphe
fort, the museum of Vaishali is worth visiting.
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Golghar
Golghar or the
round house, the huge granary was built in 1786 by Captain
John Garstin, at the request of the then proprietor, Warren
Hastings. Bihar experienced severe draught that resulted in
acute food shortage in the year 1770. Alarmed by the condition
faced by the people, this massive granary was constructed for
the British army. |
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Khuda Baksh
Library
Set up at the turn
of the century, the library has a distinguished collection of
rare Arabic and Persian manuscripts, It also contains the only
books rescued from the plunder of the University of Cordoba in
Spain. It is one of the national libraries of India.
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Lauriya
(District Champaran)
contains, besides an
inscribed Asokan Pillar, fifteen stupa-mounds. Four of them
were excavated in 1904-07 and as two of them yielded a put
down of burnt bones with charcoal and a gold leaf with a
mother-goddess shape (akin to the one from Piprahwa), they
were regarded by the excavator to be vedic burial
tumuli. |
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Martyrs' Memorial
Life-size statues
in front of the aged secretariat compound have been put up in
memory of seven brave young men who faced bullets for the
freedom of the country and sacrificed their lives in August
1942 in the historic struggle for India's independence during
"Quit India" movement. |
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Munger Fort
The most famed and
essential of the monuments at Munger is the fort, build on a
rocky eminence projecting into the river Ganga which protects
it from west and partly from the north, the extra sides being
defended by a deep moat. the fort encloses an region of about
222 acres and has a route of 4 kms. It was construct during
the time of the early, Mohammedan kings of India. |
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Raj Mahal
Raj Mahal is located on the eastern
tassel of Bihar, on the western bank of river Ganga, Raja Maan
Singh, the well-known 16th century Rajput common in Akbar's
army, founded this city. |
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Rohtasgarh
Fort
Rohtasgarh Fort 39
kms from Sasaram are the remains of Sher Shah
Suri's Rohtasgarh fort, It now occupies a part
of the plateau about 4 miles east to west and 5 miles north to
south, 28 miles in circumference. |
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Vikramshila
Vikramshila situated 252 kms from Patna,
in the district of Bhagalpur, is the site of an ancient
University, Vikramshila. The university was founded by king
Dharmpala, in late 8th century AD. After prosperous for
years, it was plundered by invaders around 1200 AD.
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