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''' A many Splendoured Journey '''
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'' India Harmony ''  VOLUME - 1 : ISSUE - 6 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2012
 
= Sasaram=
 
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Samrat Ashok's pillar (one of the thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in Kainur hill in Sasaram District.
 
Sasaram, by itself, is no
 
Sasaram, by itself, is no
 
ordinary district. It has been
 
ordinary district. It has been
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tombs. Most significantly, it's massive free
 
tombs. Most significantly, it's massive free
 
standing dome also borrows from the Buddhist
 
standing dome also borrows from the Buddhist
Stupa style of the Mauryans. It is not unlikely that parliamentarian
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Stupa style of the Mauryans.  
Meira Kumar's early exposure to Sasaram's
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glorious past was to shape her multidimensional,
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multilingual personality in the years to come. She
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is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Bhojpuri,
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English and Spanish.
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[[File: Sasaram Waterfall.png|Sasaram Waterfall|frame|500px]]  
 
[[File: Sasaram Waterfall.png|Sasaram Waterfall|frame|500px]]  
  
She is an accomplished markswoman, a poet in
 
both Sanskrit and Urdu and has associated herself
 
with conservation and heritage issues. No small
 
wonder that the constituency that gave her a
 
thumping victory in the last two Lok Sabha
 
elections has full faith in her ability to once more
 
put this landmark district on the national stage and
 
to take it's rightful place as a symbol of India's
 
ancient history. She, as most Biharis from
 
Sasaram District, are the natural heirs to the
 
legacy of Samrat Ashok whose pillar (one of the
 
thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in
 
Kainur hill in Sasaram District.
 
  
 
[[File: Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri.png|Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri|frame|500px]]  
 
[[File: Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri.png|Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri|frame|500px]]  
  
 
[[File: Rohtas Fort at Sasaram.png|Rohtas Fort at Sasaram|frame|left|500px]]
 
[[File: Rohtas Fort at Sasaram.png|Rohtas Fort at Sasaram|frame|left|500px]]

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A many Splendoured Journey

India Harmony VOLUME - 1 : ISSUE - 6 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2012

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Samrat Ashok's pillar (one of the thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in Kainur hill in Sasaram District. Sasaram, by itself, is no ordinary district. It has been the seat of power of legendry rulers such as the Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra in the seventh century and the phenomenal Sher Shah Suri in the 15th century. Sasaram's history straddles the Ramayan period and the rule of Raja Harishchandra, whose Rohtas Fort was later rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri and is an early example of India's multiculturalism. The fort, during Sher Shah's reign continued to house the Churasan and Ganesh Temples alongside the Diwan – e – Aam and Diwan-e-Khas. Surrounded by hillocks and water falls it was an idyllic location for the seat of the Kingdom. It was here that Sher Shah Suri was born and built an empire from East Afghanistan to Bengal. This visionary Afghan ruler, in his short but eventful reign of five years was to leave a legacy that connected Kabul to North India and on to the East Coast through a paved road known as the Grand Trunk Road. His administrative skills and taxation laws were so exemplary that the Moghul and British rulers adopted them too. He lies buried in Sasaram, in a red sandstone mausoleum in the middle of an artificial lake. This grand monument built in the Indo-Afghan style has Iranian influences in its blue and yellow glazed tiles with some similarity to the Lodhi tombs. Most significantly, it's massive free standing dome also borrows from the Buddhist Stupa style of the Mauryans.

Sasaram Waterfall


Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri
Rohtas Fort at Sasaram
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