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Ancient & Medieval India

Excavations at Antichak From 1960 to 1982 Exposed Vikramashila's 330-Metre Square Monastery, a 15-Metre Cruciform Stupa and 103 Votive Stupas at Its Gate, and the ASI Returned to Dig in February 2024

Mothers of Courage, an Eight-Minute Film on Bihar Mothers Who Pledge to Keep Their Daughters in School, Won the UN SDG Action Award for Creativity in Rome on 29 October 2026

Ancient & Medieval India

The Kesariya Stupa in East Champaran Rises in Six Brick Terraces to About 31.5 Metres and Spans About 123 Metres, and the ASI Has Been Digging It Out Since 1997-98

Ancient & Medieval India

Vaishali's Licchavi Relic Stupa Gave Up a Soapstone Casket of Ashes in the 1958 to 1962 Digs, and the Kolhua Lion Pillar With No Edict Is on India's Silk Roads Tentative List

The seven Mauryan caves of Barabar and Nagarjuni in Bihar, cut from solid granite and polished to a mirror finish for Ajivika monks

India's First National River Dolphin Count Found 6,327 Dolphins in 28 Rivers Across Eight States, With 2,397 in Uttar Pradesh and 2,220 in Bihar, Where the Vikramshila Sanctuary Protects 60 km of the Ganga

Ancient & Medieval India

The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya Has a 50 Metre Brick Tower From the 5th or 6th Century, Stands Over the Throne Where Buddhists Place the Enlightenment, and Has Been a UNESCO World Heritage Site Since 2002

Government & States

Bihar Grew 8.6 Per Cent in 2024-25 Against India's 6.5, Has Reserved Half Its Panchayat Seats for Women Since 2006 and Holds the World Heritage Sites of Nalanda and Bodh Gaya

Anthropic's New Model Landed the Same Week It Bet $35 Billion on More Computing Power

Ancient & Medieval India

Nalanda Housed Thousands of Monks on Endowed Village Revenue, and a Tibetan Pilgrim Found Classes Still Running There in 1235