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Patna
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Overview
Patna is the capital of Bihar. The polished sandstone Didarganj Yakshi was found here. In Mughal times it was one of the large cities, and Europeans set up a factory there. In the 1860s the Wahabi movement, which was centred on Patna, was crushed through trials held here.
Geography and key facts
- Capital of Bihar
- Didarganj Yakshi
- Wahabi trials, 1860s
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on Mauryan art and nineteenth-century movements.
Note for UPSC
Capital of Bihar.
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Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- State / UT capital
- State / UT
- Bihar
- Coordinates
- 25.610°N, 85.141°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Ashoka: Kalinga War, Dhamma, Edicts and Mauryan Art
- Mughal Administration, Mansabdari, Land Revenue and Economy
- Advent of the Europeans: Portuguese, Dutch, English, French and the Carnatic Wars
- Early Resistance: Civil, Peasant and Tribal Uprisings
- Buddhist, Rock-Cut and Early Sculptural Traditions
- Linguistic Reorganisation of States (map lesson)
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