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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Friday (January 2, 2026) asked the officials acrophobic to constitute to the Union authorities for improvement and upkeep of the Kumhrar parkland maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.
He gave the acquisition during the inspection of the parkland and the humanities tract located successful Patna. During the inspection, the Chief Minister viewed the remains of pillars from the Magadha Empire play preserved successful the Kumhrar Park complex.
The Chief Minister besides viewed the Bulandibagh excavation, Kumhrar excavation, and the ample hallway with 80 pillars from the Mauryan period.
During the inspection, officials informed the Chief Minister that the Kumhrar Park analyzable is nether the power of the Government of India and is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Several past and humanities artifacts and structural remains person been recovered successful erstwhile excavations conducted here.
Mr. Kumar said that Kumhrar Park is simply a precise humanities and past site, associated with the Magadha Empire. Kumhrar Park is rather large, and a ample fig of radical sojourn here.
Bihar CM asserted that the attraction of the parkland analyzable and the exhibits should beryllium improved. He added that students of past and radical funny successful past travel present from antithetic parts of the state and adjacent from different countries to larn astir this site, and keeping this successful mind, the beautification of the parkland analyzable is necessary.
During the excavations of this archaeological tract successful 1912-15 and 1951-55, a monolithic hallway (assembly hall) with 80 pillars from the Mauryan play was discovered. Its layout consists of 10 rows of pillars moving eastbound to westbound and 8 rows moving northbound to south, with an approximate 15-foot spread betwixt the pillars and rows. The assembly hallway faces south.
Due to improvement activities astir the archaeological tract and a emergence successful the groundwater level, the ruins became submerged. Consequently, the beingness of the pillars and different artifacts was threatened.
Considering the preservation and endurance of the artifacts, and based connected the recommendations of a high-level adept committee, the tract was filled with ungraded and soil successful 2005.
In past times, the modern metropolis of Patna was known arsenic Pataliputra. Currently, the excavated tract of the 80-pillared hallway has been covered, and lone immoderate pillar remnants are visible. The Pataliputra Gallery located present showcases the past of the past city, its art, architecture, and artifacts recovered from the excavations astatine Bulandibagh and Kumhrar sites.
