Brief introduction of Bihar,on 22 March 1912 AD, the notification of the formation of Bihar and Orissa as a separate Province was duly issued
In the context of Bihar , the first information we get from the Shatapatha Brahmin refers to a king named Vijay Madhava, related to the sage Gautama Raghu Gun, who laid the foundation of the glorious kingdom of Mithila. With a king Janak was the most famous emperor of this empire, it is said that Mithila was the most cultured and spoken kingdom in the then India. The antiquity of Bihar manifests itself in its name Vastu Vihar is the name of the word Vihara which means monastery i.e. the abode of monks. The emergence of Bihar as political power was first revealed during the reign of Magadha emperor Bindusara, we get information from Vedic literature and Buddhist texts. The Maurya dynasty emerged here in the fourth century BCE, the most powerful ruler of this dynasty, established by Chandragupta Maurya , was the emperor Ashoka, in the fourth century CE, during the reign of Gupta dynasty, the Magadha Empire reached the pinnacle of prosperity, followed by the Palas of Be