Ghosrama - Nalanda, Bihar

GHOS RAMA  25:30 “ :: 85 33 “

BIHAR SHARIF 

Continent – Asia 

Country –India 

State-Bihar

Dist –Nalanda

Distance from the national capital Delhi—1102km 

Distance from the state capital Patna 91km

 PIN CODE 803101

STD code 0-6112

 HASL359”

River Dhanda and Sakari

Approach over the location –The site under mention is connecterd by railways up to Bihar sharif the dist headquarter.After that local transport can be taken up for negotiating a distance of about 12km

Language- Hindi and Magahi 

Lodging –middle class hotel , dharamsala,, and inspection bunglows at Biharsharif township

Food-Rice ,puse ,sabji, bhujia , chapati  along with other veg and non veg preparations .

Drink Sweet water is available for drinking purposes along with other soft and hard drinks 

Local transport—Auto rickshaw ,cycle rickshaw ,tam tam  and time bound local buses are available at Bihar sarif

ABOUT THE SITE –The site is of archaeological  importance .First excavation was done in 1848 by major Kitto and found the Ghosram stone scripture .Cunningham inspected these works in1861,1871,1872 and 1878. He found some coins related to  king Mahipal and Vigrahpal .He called this place as Brazgan Bihar

Broadlay inspected this area in 1872 and found ruins of fort made of earthen wall.The fortification had four towers on the four corners. The stone inscriptions reveal the fact that old Indian nation has extention in north way (present Afganistan)and old nagardwar (present Bodh gaya) and old Nalanda (present Rajgir and Bihar sarif)

  The site obtains a religious attraction for the tourist  with presence of Asha mother temple  west of Ghosrama village  on a earthen mound The temple is of eight handed deity with a child in her laps The statue has dimensional of 8”x3”. It has inscription in  budhist language on it .The statue stands on a lion.Other statues in the temples are of Vishnu ,Uma maheshwar and Ganesh in dancing pose.Besides, it broken statues of  Hindu and Budhist  gods obtained by excavation on site  can be seen lying out side the temple.

Festive day—Tuseday is the main festive day when local celebrates marriages and mundane take place,etc

OTHER SITES –Pawapuri and Nalanda can be visited as it is near about tourist and religious sites .

Precaution –The area is naxal affected.

Guide—District information office may be contacted.

Package tours—Package tours tours to Nalanda and Pawapuri may include this site also

REMARKS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT—Being very close to Pawapuri and Nalanda the site has good prospect of development with respect to archaeological and historical poin of view .