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Bihar

320 CE
395 BCE1997 CE
2 polities active
Kushan Empire
Era unknown

30 – 375

Ruler

Unknown

Capital

Unknown

Gupta Empire
Era unknown

319 – 550

Ruler

Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I

~40 years old

Maharajadhiraja

319 – 335

Capital

Pataliputra

319 – present

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Events

  • Third Buddhist Council

    Buddhist council convened under Ashoka at Pataliputra.

    Third Buddhist Council

    250 BCE
  • Samudragupta's Digvijaya Campaigns

    The wide-ranging conquests that made the Gupta Empire supreme in India.

    Samudragupta's Digvijaya Campaigns

    335s – 375s
  • Founding of the Maurya Empire

    Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas to found India's first empire.

    Founding of the Maurya Empire

    322 BCE
  • Fall of the Maurya Empire

    The assassination of Brihadratha ends the Maurya dynasty.

    Fall of the Maurya Empire

    185 BCE

Places

  • BG

    Place of the Buddha's enlightenment, site of the Mahabodhi Temple.

    Bodh Gaya

    5th century BCE
  • Pataliputra

    Capital of Magadha and of the Maurya and Gupta empires, modern Patna.

    Pataliputra

    490 BCE

Districts

Araria
  • Arwal
  • Aurangabad
  • Banka
  • Begusarai
  • Bhagalpur
  • Bhojpur
  • Buxar
  • Darbhanga
  • Gaya1 place
  • Gopalganj
  • Jamui
  • Jehanabad
  • Kaimur (bhabua)
  • Katihar
  • Khagaria
  • Kishanganj
  • Lakhisarai
  • Madhepura
  • Madhubani
  • Munger
  • Muzaffarpur
  • Nalanda
  • Nawada
  • Pashchim Champaran
  • Patna1 place
  • Purba Champaran
  • Purnia
  • Rohtas
  • Saharsa
  • Samastipur
  • Saran (chhapra)
  • Sheikhpura
  • Sheohar
  • Sitamarhi
  • Siwan
  • Supaul
  • Vaishali