Deo Barunark or Deo (देवबरनार्क) is a village dating back to the
Maurya period
The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia with its power base in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya around c. 320 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. The primary source ...
. It is a large village in the
Tarari block of
Bhojpur district,
Bihar
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, India. The village has a total of 735 families.
History
An inscription was found here in the 19th century dating to the time of
Jivitagupta II. This is a valuable source of information for the later Guptas, naming king
Jivitagupta as the son of
Vishnugupta and his queen Ijjadevi. There is an ancient Sun temple in the village which received land grants from the Gupta and
Maukhari
The Maukhari dynasty ( Gupta script: , ''Mau-kha-ri'') was a post- Gupta dynasty who controlled the vast plains of Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kanyakubja. They earlier served as vassals of the Guptas and later ...
rulers. The location was photographed by Henry Baily Wade Garrick in 1881–82.
Administration
Deo village is administrated by Mukhiya through its Gram Panchayat, who is elected representative of village as per constitution of India and Panchyati Raj Act.
References
बिहार का ऐतिहासिक देववरूणार्क सूर्यमंदिर बदहाल स्थिति में
Villages in Bhojpur district, India
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