HISTORICALAGE

• Budhhism had a deep impact on the Chotanagpur region. Even today, remnants of Budhhism

are

found in Jharkhand. The Buddhist shrines of Dalsi and Budhpur of Dhanbad are prominent

among

them.

• 3 KM south-west of the Khunti town in the Ranchi district, there is a village Belwadag where one

hillock

looks like Buddhist Vihar.

• Buddha's statues have been found in many places of Jharkhand. Buddha's statues have been

recovered from Jonha waterfalls of Ranchi, Kutga village ofGumla.

• In due course, a bigot Shaiva ruler named Shashank destroyed all the Buddhist structures of

Chotanagpur.

• Jainism also spread in Jharkhand. Jain's 23rd Teerthankar Parshwanath had got Nirvana in the

eighth

century BC on the Parasnath Hill.

• There is mention of Chotanagpur in an archive no - 13 of Ashoka by the name Atavi/Atav. It is

said in it

that the unconquered tribes near Kaling should follow Dhamma.

• Kanishka's coins have been found in Ranchi.

• During the reign of Bengal's Pal rulers, Vajrayan Buddhist sect flourished in the Chotanagpur

region.

• During the same time, 'Chhinnamastika Shaktipeeth' was established in the Ramgarh

subdivision of

Hazaribagh district. Subsequently, temples of the Hindu deities were established

in different places of

this region.