CM Nitish Kumar looking at the remains in Kumhrar Park. Awakening
Jagran correspondent, Patna City. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspected the Kumhrar Park, which has preserved the historical remains of the Magadha Empire, on Friday.
While seeing the displayed models of Bulandibagh excavation, Kumharar excavation, huge chamber with eighty pillars of Maurya period etc. in the park, we came to know about the information related to it.
The Chief Minister saw the photo exhibition related to the Mauryan architecture of Kumhrar, physical cultural dimensions, ruins related to Kumhrar excavation, art of Patliputra, influence of cultures etc. in the Patliputra Gallery located at Krishnadev Smriti Auditorium.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials present in the meeting to write a letter to the Government of India to further develop this park under the Archaeological Survey of India.
Nitish Kumar said that the memories of Magadha Empire are preserved in Kumhrar Park. A large number of tourists, researchers and people from India and abroad come to this big park. Are aware of ancient history.
Considering its importance, there should be better development, beautification and special protection of the remains of the park. During the inspection, Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Deepak Kumar, Secretary to the Chief Minister Kumar Ravi, District Magistrate Dr. Officials including Thiagarajan SM were present.
Preserved remains found in two excavations between 1912 and 1955
The Kumhrar Park site was excavated twice between 1912–15 and 1951–55. Here, the remains of 80 pillars of a huge auditorium of the Maurya period were found in a pit.
The pillars became submerged due to rise in ground water level. On the recommendation of a high level expert committee, in the year 2005, the model of the pillar was displayed in the gallery here after filling the pit with soil and sand.
According to historians, when Lord Buddha visited this site in the sixth century BC, Pataligram was a small village.
At that time, King Ajatashatru of the Magadha Empire was building a fort around Pataligram to protect it from the Licchavi rulers of Vaishali.
Later in the middle of the fifth century BCE, King Udayana decided to shift his capital from Rajagriha (Rajgir) to Pataliputra for strategic and trade reasons.
He was the successor and son of Ajatashatru. Megasthenes who was the famous Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya. He has given a detailed description of Pataliputra, its municipality and administration.
This city is mentioned in Megasthenes' book named Indica. In the Pataliputra Gallery here, important information about the history, art, architecture, remains obtained from the excavation of Bulandibagh and Kumhrar sites has been mentioned.