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Ступата „Вишва шанти” в Раджгир
места за будисти и джайнисти. Буда постига
просветление в Бодхгая, във Вайшали е роден PRESENTING: BIHAR
последният тиртханкара, духовен водач, на най-
малката религиозна общност в Индия - тази на Bihar
джайнистите. Популярни туристически дес-
тинации са руините на университета Наланда Bihar is the 13th largest by area and the 3rd
и останките от древните столици на Магадха largest by population Indian state with the fastest
– Раджагриха (дн. Раджгир) и Паталипутра (дн. growing population in India. It has fertile lands
Патна). and a significant agricultural sector. The present
Съставил: Николай Янков economy of Bihar is largely service-oriented. The
recently recorded very high growth of the state’s
GDP has made Bihar one of the fastest growing
states in India.
Historically, Bihar was a centre of power,
learning and culture. India’s first empire as well
as one of the world’s most popular religions,
Buddhism, originated here. The Magadha Empire
of the Maurya and Gupta dynasties unified
large parts of South Asia. Bihar’s capital Patna,
known in ancient times as Pataliputra, was an
important centre of Indian civilisation. Nalanda
and Vikramashila – two of the oldest universities
in the world (dating from the 5th and the 8th
centuries) – are located close to it.

Колона на Ашока в Бодхгая Compiled by Nikolay Yankov