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bihar sharif

Biharsharif has the credit to impart the budhism in tibet. The ancient Odantpuri University was located here. The odantpuri university was the third important learning seat of budhism. This university was also a excellent learning centre of Budhism, Hinduism and Philosphy. Bihar Sharif was once the capital of the Delhi Sultanate Governors of Bihar between 13th and 16th centuries, when the city was an active cultural center and an important seat of Islamic thought and learning. The word Bihar may have come from the large number of viharas thus employed in the area that later became Bihar. Originally Bihar was name of the town, which was headquarters of the rulers in the Magadha region in the medieval period. Later on the headquarters was shifted from Bihar to Patana (current Patna) by Sher Shah Suri and the whole Magadha region was called Bihar.

It lies east of the Paimar River, a tributary of the Ganges. It served as the capital of the Pala dynasty (10th century AD) and contains a 5th century AD Gupta pillar . Nearby lie the remains of Odantapuri (q.v.), a great vihara, or college of Buddhist learning, from which the name Bihar was derived.