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Mandar Hill in Bhagalpur district is one of the sacred places for the Jains and is now connected by a branch railway line from Bhagalpur. Mandar Hill was the place where the twelfth Tirthankar, Basu Pujyanath attained his Nirvana. The top of the Mandar Hill is held in great veneration by the Jains.
Regarding the relics of Mandar Hill Beglar mentions in the Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. VIII: "The structure belongs to Srawakas or Jains and one of the rooms contain a Charan". Beglar had also found other Jain relics on the top of the hill.
Karna Garh Hill near Bhagalpur has also several ancient Jain relics. The story is that the Prince Karan of Champa had embraced Jainism and helped in the propagation of the Faith. In the list of the ancient monuments of Bengal (1895) there is mention of a Jain Vihara towards the north of the ancient fort. This area if explored may lead to possible discoveries of many other Jain relics.
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