Chirandचिरांद
A Neolithic village mound at the Ghaghra confluence, occupied for three thousand years. Nothing built.
See what is open on your dateOpen in Google MapsWhereSaran, Bihar
Champaran & Saran
Champaran & Saran
Kind of placeMonuments & Heritage, Villages & Hidden Gems
Best time to visit15 October to 15 March
Good seasonsPost-monsoon (October to November), Winter (December to February)
DifficultyEasy
Time needed2 hrs
Base and nearbyChirand, Chhapra
EntryFree
About Chirand
A mound on the old bank of the Ghaghra near its meeting with the Ganga, eleven kilometres east of Chhapra, where excavations from the 1960s found an unbroken sequence from a Neolithic village of about 2500 BCE, with bone tools and rice, through the Chalcolithic and up to the Pala period. It is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Ganga plain, and on the ground it is a mound with a Shiva temple on top and a village around it.
What to see and do
- The excavated Neolithic mound
- Bone tool and early rice finds
- Continuous occupation to the Pala period
- The Ghaghra-Ganga confluence
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