Many “Central Indian” (which included Bihar) intellectuals seem to have worked in the courts of various Chinese dynasties. The “Memoirs of Eminent Monks” is a 6th-century CE Chinese work detailing the biographies of intellectuals who have stayed at the Chinese court.

Statue of Goddess Tara from Nalanda, Pala period.

Some pics from my gallery.

The Cyclopean Walls of Rajgir are one of the few remaining examples of a pre-Mauryan fortification:

The Tibetan pilgrim, Chokyi Zangpo, travelled to Bihar in the 12th century. The journey into the region seems to have been quite perilous although it was worth it for the pilgrims.

Prabodhachandrodaya is a political drama composed during the reign of Kirttivarman Chandela by his court poet Krishna Mishra who was a Brahmin from Mithila. The protagonist of the play is Gopala who was the Amatya of Kirttivarman and defeated the Kalachuris on his behalf.

At the Xixia imperial tombs outside of Yinchuan, at the foot of the Helan Mountains.

Looking north in the Imperial Palace in Beijing.

Today, I requested Bihar Museum DG Anjani Kumar Singh sir, who's also the Advisor to the CM, for the relocation of the Rampurva Lion Capital from the Indian Museum in Kolkata to the @Bihar_Museum. He not only supported it but suggested that he believes the management of key

Mahavira’s origins per the Ācārāṅga Sūtra. It seems that both the Nāyas, Licchavis and the Vajjis saw themselves as branches of the Videhas.

The origin story of the Licchavis states that they were born from the Queen of Varanasi who discarded a lump of flesh which subsequently split into a boy and girl who were raised by ascetics and cowherds. The boy and the girl married each other thus forming the Licchavi lineage.

Maitreya Buddha, currently held at the Archaeological Museum of Bodh Gaya

📍Nalanda My Magadh My beautiful Magadh, the cradle of Indian civilization 🌄

The great Cyclopean Wall of Rajgir, 40 km (25 mi) long wall of stone which encircled the ancient city of Rajgriha. Built around the 6th century BCE by early Magadhan rulers during the Mahajanapada period.

"Born in Patna, India, in 1759 into a Muslim family, Mahomed began his career in the army of the British East India Company where he served until 1782.  He left to accompany his friend and commanding officer to Ireland where he met and married a local woman, Jane Daly. When the

Ruins in Vaishali known locally as “Raja Vishal ke garh” (Fort of Raja Vishal). Most historians have dated it to the 6th/5th centuries BCE during the time of the Licchavis and the Vajjika League.

Bronze statue of Tara from the Kurkihar hoard discovered in Gaya, Bihar. Pala period, 9th century CE.

The Lohanipur torso which has been dated to the 3rd century BCE. Discovered in the village of Lohanipur in Patna district, it is considered by most scholars to be the earliest archaeologically known Jain sculptures

2nd Mahabodhi!! DYK that there is a Buddhist structure in Ramgarh, Jharkhand whose architecture is very similar to the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya ? It seems to be contemporary of Mahabodhi marked by its pyramidal Shikhara. Finial is definitely similar! In very poor condition!

The Himalayan foothills in West Champaran district

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