Buxar Fort is a fort located in

Buxar Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India, sharing border with Balia and Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development ...

, Bihar, India. Buxar is a city in the state of

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in the eastern part of

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bordering eastern

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. It is the headquarters of

Buxar District Buxar district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. Located in the southwestern part of the state, it is a primarily agricultural district. The district headquarters is at the town of Buxar. Buxar district was carved out from Bhojpur d ...

. The fort was established by King Rudra Deo in 1054 . The city is known for its cultural heritage as it is the place where Lord Rama killed the demon Taraka and also the site of Sage Vishvamaitra's Ashram.

Etymology

The word

is derived from VyaghraSar. The tiger face of Rishi Vedshira, an outcome of the curse of the sage Rishi Durvasha , was restored after bathing in a holy tank which was later named VyaghraSar.

Geography

Buxar fort is located on the banks of the river

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in Buxar, Bihar, India. Buxar is a city in the state of Bihar in the eastern part of India bordering eastern Uttar Pradesh.

History

The fort was established by King Rudra Deo in 1054. The city is known for its cultural heritage as it is the place where Lord Rama killed the demon Taraka and also the site of sage Vishvamaitra's Ashram. Buxar district has close linkage with that of its parent district Bhojpur and has an old history. According to mythology ancient significance of Buxar is mentioned in epics like Brahamana Purana and Varah Purana. In 1764 the battle of buxar was fought near this fort which resulted in the victory of East India Company.

Archaeology excavations

During the excavations held during 1926–1927 along the river bank they unearthed two seals with inscriptions in the early Brahmi script that date back to the 3rd century and 4th century, indicating that the mound is quite ancient. In 1812,

Francis Buchanan Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist who made significant contributions as a geographer and zoolo ...

visited the fort. He stated that only the southern side of the fort and bastions standing. He also mentioned that the fort had a subterranean passage which housed ancient images and that place is known as

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. In 1871–1872

Alexander Cunningham Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly crea ...

visited the fort, he stated that he did not find any historical artifacts there and also said that it was “a purely Brahmanical site” and that it had “nothing of archaeological interest.”

References

{{Forts in India Forts in Bihar Buxar district