BIHAR Area: 174,000 sq. kms. Capital: Patna Language: Hindi Crops: paddy, wheat, maize and pulses. Cash crops:  sugarcane, potato, tobacco, oilseeds, onion, chillies, jute and mesta  Industries: steel, iron, heavy vehicles, aluminium, oil refining, railway wagons, copper smelting, cement and communication cables Minerals:  coal, iron, copper, mica, pyrite, limestone, bauxite, and graphite.

Places of interest in Bihar      Patna    ..Ruins of Pataliputra   ..Patna Museum   ..Golghar   ..Har Mandir   ..Martyr's Memorial Bodh Gaya Nalanda Vaishali Rajgiri Maner Pawapuri Sonepur Parasnath Gaya Sasaram     Art      Madhubani Paintings  (link to Paintings section within Indian Heritage)     Districts in Bihar      ARARIA   AURANGABAD   BANKA   BEGUSARAI   BHABUA   BHAGALPUR   BHOJPUR   BUXAR   DARBHANGA   GAYA   GOPALGANJ   JAHANABAD   JAMUI   KATIHAR   KHAGARIA   KISHANGANJ   LUCKEESARAI   MADHEPURA   MADHUBANI MUNGER   MUZAFFARPUR   NALANDA   NAWADA   PASCHIM   CHAMPARAN   PATNA   PURBI CHAMPARAN   PURNIA   ROHTAS   SAHARSA   SAMASTIPUR   SARAN   SHEIKHPURA   SHEOHAR   SITAMARHI   SIWAN   SUPAUL   VAISHALI

 

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