About Rajgir

The name Rajgir originated from Rajagriha ‘place of the lord’ or “illustrious house”, or the word rajgir may have its source in its plain strict signifying, “imperial mountain”. It was the antiquated capital city of the Magadha lords until the fifth century BC when Uday in(460-440 BC), child of Ajatshatru, moved the money to Pataliputra back then, it was called Rajgriha, which deciphers as ‘the home of Royalty’. Shishunaga established Shishunaga tradition in 413 BCE with Rajgir as its underlying capital before it was moved to Pataliputra.

Rajgir is additionally well known for its relationship with Haryanka tradition Kings Bimbisara and Ajatashatru as their capital city. Ajatashatru kept his dad Bimbsara in bondage here. The sources don’t concur which of the Buddha’s illustrious peers, Bimbisara and Ajatashatru, was in charge of its development. Ajatashatru is likewise attributed with moving the cash-flow to Pataliputra (present day Patna).

It is likewise referenced in Jain and Buddhist sacred writings, which give a progression of place-names, however without land setting. The endeavor to find these spots depends to a great extent on reference to them and to different areas in progress of Chinese Buddhist pioneers, especially Faxian and Xuanzang.

It is based on Xuanzang specifically that the site is separated into Old and New Rajgir. The previous exists in a valley and is encompassed by low-lying slopes, Rajgir slopes. It is characterized by an earthen dike (the Inner Fortification), with which is related the Outer Fortification, a complex of cyclopean dividers that runs (with extensive breaks) along the peak of the slopes. New Rajgir is characterized by another, bigger, bank outside the northern passage of the valley and by the advanced town.

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