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Suvarnabhumi. Suvarṇabhūmi ( Sanskrit: सुवर्णभूमि; Pali: Suvaṇṇabhūmi) [a] is a toponym, that appears in many ancient Indian literary sources and Buddhist texts [1] such as the Mahavamsa, [2] some of the Jataka tales, [3] [4] the Milinda Panha [5] and the Ramayana. [6]
In 2023, Government of Bihar published the data of 2022 Bihar caste-based survey. The survey revealed several findings about the community. It showed that amongst the Forward Castes of Bihar, poverty was highest in Bhumihar caste. Out of total families of Bhumihars residing in state, 27.58% were poor (The community totally numbered 8,38,447 ...
Khasra. A Khasra Girdawari ( Hindustani: ख़सरा or خسره گرداوری) is a legal Revenue Department document used in India and Pakistan that specifies land and crop details. [1] It is often used in conjunction with a shajra (or shajra kishtwar ), which is a family tree of owner ;used for reference map of the village that ...
1982–1990. Headquarters. Nalanda, Bihar. Active regions. Nalanda, Jahanabad, Patna. Allies. Ranvir Sena, Kuer Sena. Bhumi Sena ( transl. Land Army) was a private army which operated in the Patna, Nalanda, Jehanabad, and Gaya regions of Bihar, India in the 1980s, made up of members of the Kurmi caste. [ 1][ 2][ 3][ 4]
THE 10 BEST Bihar Sights & Historical Landmarks. 1. Mahabodhi Temple. The 30 minutes aarti was divine and sitting by the Bodhi tree, while listening to the chants was very peaceful. 2. Bodhi Tree. The present tree is 4th tree of 80 yrs old ,brought from Anuradhapuram, Sri lanka.
Bihar ( / bɪˈhɑːr /; Hindi pronunciation: [bɪˈɦaːr] ⓘ) is a state in Eastern India. It is the third largest state by population, the 12th largest by area, and the 15th largest by GDP in 2021. [ 10][ 11][ 12] Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the ...
The Zamindars of Bihar were the autonomous and semi-autonomous rulers and administrators of the subah of Bihar during Mughal rule and later during British rule. They formed the landed aristocracy that lasted until Indian independence in 1947. [ 1] The zamindars of Bihar were numerous and could be divided into small, medium and large depending ...
Natural hazards. Floods. Bihar is located in the eastern region [ 4] of India, between latitudes 24°20'10"N and 27°31'15"N and longitudes 83°19'50"E and 88°17'40"E. It is an entirely land–locked state, in a subtropical region of the temperate zone. Bihar lies between the humid West Bengal in the east and the sub humid Uttar Pradesh in the ...