• Dr. Santosh Kumar

The name ‘Bihar’ is the perverted form of (B ‘Vihar’ which means a Buddhist monastery. Bihar finds mention in the Vedas, Puranas, epics etc., and was the main score of activities of Buddha and 24 Jain Tirthankaras. Great rulers of the state before the Christian era were Bimbaar, Udayin, who founded the city of Patliputra, Chandragupta Maurya and Emperor Ashok and Maurya dynasty, the sungas and the Kanvas. Then came the Kushan ruler followed by Chandragupta Vikramaditya of the Gupta dynasty. During medieval period, Muslim rulers made inroads into the territory. The first to conquer. Bihar Was Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji. Shingles were followed by the Teglaqs and then the Mughals. Taking advantage of the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, the Birth established their foothold in Bihar with the battle of Plessey in 1957. Through successive battles annexation the British consolidated their position. Bihar formed the part of the Bengal Province tile 1911. When on 12 December 1911, as separate province of Bihar and Orissa was created. In 1936, Bihar was made a separate province. Again, on November, 15, 2000 new state Jharkhand comprising the Chotanagpur plateau of Bihar was created.

ECONOMY OF BIHAR: AN OVERVIEW

"ECONOMY OF BIHAR: AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.1010-1014, September 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009433.pdf

"ECONOMY OF BIHAR: AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no. pp1010-1014, September 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009433.pdf