Agam kuan, Patna
Agam kuan, the bottomless well, is an ancient relic of the Mauryan Emperor Ashok. located a little distance away from Ashoka's charitable Hospital in the kumrahar complex. Patna is the famous Ashokan remain the Agam Kuan, which is believed to be a part of the legendary hall created by Ashok.
Fa Hein relates that Ashoka, in course of his distant journeys encountered the kingdom of Yama and according thought of building hall, resembling the one he had seen there. Later, Ashoka demolished the hall and embarked on projects of compassion and goodness.
Golghar Patna
Golghar is one of the outstanding architectural members of the British India.It in a way symbolizes the identity of Patna. It is build close to the Ganga in Bankipur locality of Patna. Captian John Garstin an engineer employed by the East India Company, has the credit of the its conception and construction. It was built in the year 1786.It was built at the request of the then proprietor, Warren Hastings. Bihar experienced severe draught that resulted in acute food shortage in the year 1770. Aalrmed by the condition faced by the people, this massive granary was constructed for the British Army.
A fight of steps winds round this 29m high building to the top from where one gets a fine view of the river Ganga and Patna city.
Overlooking the river ant the plains.it look like the upper half of a gigantic, decorated Easters engg.with the spiral stairway winding around this monument ,adding to its embellishment. It offers a magnification breath taking view of the city and the river Gangas, flowing near by.
The twisting stair case was designed , in order to make easy the passage of the coolies , who had to carry grain- bags to up one fight,deliver their load through a hole at the top , and the descend the other stairs.
The purpose of this huge circular structure with an imposing dome was to store grains in huge quantity.The impetus of this construction was the famine of 1770.But perhaps it was never put to this noble purpose.
Though it was one of the important building built by the British India.it has nothing Greeco Roman with it.It on the contrary , was inspired by the native Stupa architeccture of the ancient India tradition. Raised on a 2'high plinth, the enormous dome, over a circular plan , raises well up to 96'. It creates a wonderful echo effect from inside. The walls, all brick masoned, with its width of 12'-4",are no less impressive. Two spiraling stairsways, rising from the opposing sides,reach to the top, which has a small holeat centre (2'-7").The doors at the bottom of the dome , are placed on all the four cardinal direction, which opened originally from within Two inscriptions,one in english and other is Persian rendering are affixed adjacent to each other giving information about its construction.
Rohtasgarh Fort
Rohtasgarh Fort 39 kms from Sasaram are the remains of Sher Shah Suri's Rohtasgarh fort.It now occupies a part of the plateau about 4 miles east to west and 5 miles north to south, 28 miles circumferences
Rohtasgarh Fort is considered one of the major and strongest hill forts in India. This fort served as a safe shelter for treasures and families of Sher Shah Suri , Shah Jahan, Maan singh, Mir Qasim ( and other during the revolt of 185 ). Records porpose that there are 84 passages to the hill with 14 main gate entry. However Sher Shah Closed ten of them.
The twisting stair case was designed , in order to make easy the passage of the coolies , who had to carry grain- bags to up one fight,deliver their load through a hole at the top , and the descend the other stairs.
The purpose of this huge circular structure with an imposing dome was to store grains in huge quantity.The impetus of this construction was the famine of 1770.But perhaps it was never put to this noble purpose.
Though it was one of the important building built by the British India.it has nothing Greeco Roman with it.It on the contrary , was inspired by the native Stupa architeccture of the ancient India tradition. Raised on a 2'high plinth, the enormous dome, over a circular plan , raises well up to 96'. It creates a wonderful echo effect from inside. The walls, all brick masoned, with its width of 12'-4",are no less impressive. Two spiraling stairsways, rising from the opposing sides,reach to the top, which has a small holeat centre (2'-7").The doors at the bottom of the dome , are placed on all the four cardinal direction, which opened originally from within Two inscriptions,one in english and other is Persian rendering are affixed adjacent to each other giving information about its construction.
Rohtasgarh Fort
Rohtasgarh Fort 39 kms from Sasaram are the remains of Sher Shah Suri's Rohtasgarh fort.It now occupies a part of the plateau about 4 miles east to west and 5 miles north to south, 28 miles circumferences
Rohtasgarh Fort is considered one of the major and strongest hill forts in India. This fort served as a safe shelter for treasures and families of Sher Shah Suri , Shah Jahan, Maan singh, Mir Qasim ( and other during the revolt of 185 ). Records porpose that there are 84 passages to the hill with 14 main gate entry. However Sher Shah Closed ten of them.
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