States PCS: Bihar GK for BPSC and other Bihar PCS Exams

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Vaishali was capital of Vajji Mahajanapada. It was a prosperous city. In the introductory portion of the Ekapanna Jataka, Vaishali was described as encompassed by three walls, with three gates and watch towers. The main gosthas were the Licchavis, Mallas and Sakyas.

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Chandragupta Maurya is the founder of Maurya dynasty. He raised an army with the assistance of Chanakya. The Maurya Empire was one of the largest empires of the world in its time. At its greatest extent, the empire stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas, to the east into Assam, to the west into Balochistan (southwest Pakistan and south-east Iran) and the Hindu Kush mountains (now in Afghanistan).

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Nagarjuna was the author of “Mulamadhyamakakarika”. It is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. Madhyamaka means ‘the middle way’. The book was written in 150AD. For this book, Nagarjuna took the idea from two philosophies of Buddha: eternalism and annihilationism—the belief that the soul exists forever and that the soul is annihilated at death or between materialism and nihilism. Nagarjuna took this idea and expanded it to create the philosophy that is known as Madhyamaka.

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Bihar Single Window Clearance Act was passed in 2006. It was enacted to promote all round development of the state and industrial growth rapid clearance procedures for establishing industries, to issue license and certificates, to provide a congenial atmosphere to the investors of Bihar state.

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Tube wells have irrigated maximum area in Bihar according to the Agricultural census (2010-11).  The net-irrigated area through Tube wells is  55.35 lakh acre. Canals irrigated 23.77 lakh acre. Ponds irrigated 4 lakh acre. Wells irrigated 0.3 lakh acre and other sources irrigated 3.125 lakh acre.

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Durgawati Dam is located on Durgawati river in Kaimur District. The nearest city is Bhabua. Its height is 46.3 m and length is about 1615.4 m. Its main purpose is Irrigation.

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Modern Hindi theatre movement reached Bihar in 1960. Satish Anand, an actor and director helped in developing modern Hindi theatre in Bihar.

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Ramavriksha Benipuri wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan. Ramavriksha Benipuri was his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature. He was born in a small village named Benipur which is in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar. He was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family. He had spent nine years in prison for fighting for India’s independence. He was the founder of Bihar Socialist Party in 1931 and Congress Socialist Party in 1934.

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Harisingh Deva was the last ruler of Karnat Dynasty. He was also called as Harisimhadeva. He ruled from 1304 to 1325. His reign was considered as a landmark point in the history of Mithila. Karnat Dynasty was a Maithil dynasty which was established in 1097 CE. They ruled over the Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal. The dynasty had two capitals: Simaraungadh in Nepal and Darbhanga in Bihar.

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The remains of Nalanda Mahavihara have been founded in Badgaon. Badgaon is a village in Nalanda District of Bihar.  It is known for its Chhath Puja celebrations, performed at a large pond in the village and attended by people from across northern Bihar. Nalanda was a renowned Buddhist University in the ancient kingdom of Magadha in India. Buddhist texts describe it as a Mahavihara, a revered Buddhist monastery.
Cunningham discovered the place ‘Badgaon’ where the remains of  Nalanda Mahavihar have been founded. Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.