Although Siddharth- who later became the Buddha was born in Nepal, he propagated his faith for the first time at Varanasi and passed away at Kushinagar, all lying beyond the frontiers of Bihar. He had attained the Supreme Enlightenment at Bodh-Gaya and made Anga-Magadha centers of his activities. He went through Anga, accompanied by a large congregation of his disciples and came to Champa, its capital. He stayed on the banks of the Gaggar, a tank dug by queen Gaggar of Champa. Here, while the Buddha was staying with his monks and devotees, Sari putt addressed them on Dharma. The Master himself addressed the monks in the country of the Anga named Assapur. Sari putt spoke on charity in the presence of the Buddha, to which the Master consented. He also dwelt among the Anga in their country called Apana, which was a market town in the kingdom. While staying in Magadh, Buddha delivered the Paravana discourses in the Pasanaka Chaitya. There were adherents in Magadh who had entire faith in the Buddha, the law and the order. They fulfilled the moral precepts. The Exalted Buddha saw the Magadhan adherents whither they were bound and what their destiny was. Bimbisar, the king of Magadh, was till the day of his death given to praise of the Exalted Buddha, who attained supreme insight in Magadh. The Mahaparinibbansutta of the Digghanikaya records the Buddha's happy reminiscences of many sites in Magadh visited by him. Thus Magadh or, more particularly, the modern districts of Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Nalanda and Patna, may with justice be described as the Holy Land of Buddhism.
