Bihar Sharif
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Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: Bihar, derived from vihar
Top to bottom: The City Skyline, Tomb of Ibrahim Baya, Mora Talab Temple, View of Peer Pahadi from NH 20, An institutional block at K. K. University
Inscriptions on the Bihar Sharif pillar
Photograph of the old ruined gate of the fort at Bihar Sharif from 1870s. The fort is believed to have been part of Odantapuri.
Bakhtiyar Khalji's massacre of Buddhist monks in Bihar, India. Khaliji destroyed the Nalanda, Vikramashila, and Odantapuri universities during his raids across North Indian plains, massacring many Buddhist and Brahmin scholars.
Bihar
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Bihar is a state in eastern India. It borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Gange
Bihar Sharif
…Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: Bihar, derived from vihara (meaning monastery), also the name of the state; and Sharif (meaning noble). The…
Mahabodhi temple complex, Bodhgaya 27
Golghar patna
Fort of Darbhanga
Temple No. 3, Nalanda Archaeological Site