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1: Sandrocottus: Chandragupta of the Greeks

SANDROCOTTUS an Indian king at the time of Sele...

By: William Smith

2: The Life of Ashoka Mauryan

In 324 BCE, Chandragupta, ruler of the Mauryan Empire set out ...

By: Carolyn Brown Heinze and Kevin Wold

3: Nalanda, the first residential University in the world

Started in the 2nd century AD Nalanda was the first residential University in the world. It was one of the world’s greatest Universities and...

By: Rajiv Trivedi

4: The Gupta Empire

The Classical Age refers to the period when most of North India was reunited under the Gupta Empire (ca. A.D. 3...

By: Shalini Singh

5: Ashoka The Great

Ashoka, grandson of Chandragupta, ruled from 269 to 232 B.C. and was one of India

By: Shalini Singh

6: The Mauryan Empire

By the end of the sixth century B.C., India's northwest w...

By: Shalini Singh

7: Mention of Magadha in vedic literature

The vast territory to the South of the Ganges and North of the Vindhya ranges extending...

By: Mahamahopadhyay Haraprasad Sastri

8: History of Ancient Bihar, India

The term Bihar originates from "VIHARA" (monastery) as hundreds of monasteries have been excavated be...

By: S. Singh

9: History of ancient Bihar in a nutshell

3139–83 BC - The Magadh Dynasties

By: Bihar.ws

The Life of Ashoka Mauryan

In 324 BCE, Chandragupta, ruler of the Mauryan Empire set out to conquer the weaker surrounding...

By: Carolyn Brown Heinze and Kevin Wold

Biharis immigrating to the world

Biharis immigrating to the USA...

By: S. Singh

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Patna, May 15 (IANS) Electricity-starved Bihar has the potential to develop a microgrid network that functions in clusters and is completely powered by locally available renewable energy resources, sa...

Normal life in Bihar was affected on Thursday with temperatures soaring to over 43 degrees Celsius. The state is in the grip of heat wave conditions for the last four days that has forced people to re...

The successful candidates include the wards of a truck mechanic, a farmer, a daily-wage labourer and vendors.

Sporadic violence in different parts of the city on Thursday punched a hole in the police claim that they had arranged a three-tier security for the civic polls....

Bihar has been rated as the best State in implementing the first phase of Centre-sponsored road projects in areas affected by the Left wing extremism, a top official said on Sunday.