The history of Bihar is as old as the history itself though badly degraded and distorted at present, the vintage angle of Bihar represent an all together different story when it was a center of learning literature, arts, philosophy and science. Bihar or Magadha had its capital at Patliputra which was house to some of the greatest Vedic scholars of that time.
The famous Nalanda and Vikramshila universities of Bihar were fine examples of education portal and hub for learning and set example and standards for other centers for academics of that time as well. It was during this time that Chanakya wrote his principles of diplomacy in his book called “Kautilya arthashastra” the illustrations described in the book were so practical and potent that Chandra Gupta Maurya the first ruler of Mauryan dynasty was not only able to overthrow his predecessor Mahapadma Nanda of Nanda dynasty but also ruled Indian territories spanning from Hindukush mountains in the east to extremities of modern boundaries of Afghanistan in west.
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