Rajgir

This archeological site is believed to be the jail in which King Ajatshatru imprisoned his father Bimbisara. From his prison cell, Bimbisara could see Buddha meditating on the Vulture Peak (Gridhakuta).

The Chariot Route and shell inscriptions consist of two parallel furrows cut deep into the rock ground for about thirty feet and are believed to have been made by Lord Krishna's Chariot. Several undeciphered shell inscriptions are engraved in the rock around the chariot marks.

Believed to be 2500 years old, these Cyclopean walls are a 40 km long and 4 metres wide fortification running around the city.

The place is atop a small hill and believed to be a meditating place of Buddha. You can continue on to the top of Ratnagiri hill, there is a Viswa Shanti Stupa (Peace Stupa) built by the Buddhist school Myohosan of Japan. One can reach the stupa by using the ropeway or the flight of more than 600 stone steps leading to the top of the hill.

This is the shrine of a Muslim Sufi Saint Makhdum Shah and has warm springs similar to Tapodharma.

Dating 1st century CE, the Maniar Matth is said to be a monastery of a cult which worshipped snakes. Several snake and cobra figurins have been found in the vicinity in excavations.

It has 49 rare items of archaeological and sculpture finds. It also has a collection of antiques along with several Buddhist and Hindu stone sculptures, bronze images of the Gupta and Pala period and terracottas.