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In the Buxar district of Bihar Chausa or Chausagarh is situated at a distance of about 11 Kms. East of the district headquarter Buxar. Chausa, very well known in the annals of Indian history as the place where in 1539 A.D. Sher Shah defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun, is also a place of great antiquity. The archaeological and historical importance of this site during the ancient period is evident from a variety of antiquarian remains found on and around Chausagarh, mainly in course of a series of explorations earlier, the most significant being a hoard of 18 Jain bronze images dating right from the Sunga period upto the Gupta period, which are presently preserved in the Patna Museum. A hoard of electrum coins and other ancient coins have had been also found earlier in Chausa. Besides these, fragments of terracotta panels and other objects and a number of stone sculptures also belonging to the ancient period have been found which are of great archaeological importance and are preserved in the Patna Museum and also in the Sitaram Upadhyaya Buxar Museum. Chausa is situated on the confluence of the rivers Karmanasa and the Ganga which separates it from the neighbouring state U.P., and therefore it has been a place of great strategic importance since very early times. |
