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= Sasaram=
Sasaram, by itself, is no
ordinary district. It has been
the seat of power of legendry
rulers such as the Satyawadi
Raja Harishchandra in the
seventh century and the
phenomenal Sher Shah Suri in
the 15th century. Sasaram's
history straddles the Ramayan
period and the rule of Raja
Harishchandra, whose Rohtas
Fort was later rebuilt by Sher
Shah Suri and is an early example of India's
multiculturalism. The fort, during Sher Shah's
reign continued to house the Churasan and
Ganesh Temples alongside the Diwan – e – Aam
and Diwan-e-Khas. Surrounded by hillocks and
water falls it was an idyllic location for the seat of
the Kingdom. It was here that Sher Shah Suri was
born and built an empire from East Afghanistan to
Bengal. This visionary Afghan ruler, in his short
but eventful reign of five years was to leave a
legacy that connected Kabul to North India and on
to the East Coast through a paved road known as
the Grand Trunk Road. His administrative skills
and taxation laws were so exemplary that the
Moghul and British rulers adopted them too. He
lies buried in Sasaram, in a red sandstone
mausoleum in the middle of an artificial lake. This
grand monument built in the Indo-Afghan style
has Iranian influences in its blue and yellow
glazed tiles with some similarity to the Lodhi
tombs. Most significantly, it's massive free
standing dome also borrows from the Buddhist
Stupa style of the Mauryans. It is not unlikely that
Meira Kumar's early exposure to Sasaram's
glorious past was to shape her multidimensional,
multilingual personality in the years to come. She
is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Bhojpuri,
English and Spanish.

[[File: Sasaram Waterfall.png|Sasaram Waterfall|frame|500px]]

She is an accomplished markswoman, a poet in
both Sanskrit and Urdu and has associated herself
with conservation and heritage issues. No small
wonder that the constituency that gave her a
thumping victory in the last two Lok Sabha
elections has full faith in her ability to once more
put this landmark district on the national stage and
to take it's rightful place as a symbol of India's
ancient history. She, as most Biharis from
Sasaram District, are the natural heirs to the
legacy of Samrat Ashok whose pillar (one of the
thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in
Kainur hill in Sasaram District.

[[File: Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri.png|Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri|frame|500px]]

[[File: Rohtas Fort at Sasaram.png|Rohtas Fort at Sasaram|frame|left|500px]]

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 = Sasaram=
 Sasaram, by itself, is no
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 tombs. Most significantly, it's massive free
 standing dome also borrows from the Buddhist
-Stupa style of the Mauryans. It is not unlikely that parliamentarian
+Stupa style of the Mauryans.
-Meira Kumar's early exposure to Sasaram's
-glorious past was to shape her multidimensional,
-multilingual personality in the years to come. She
-is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Bhojpuri,
-English and Spanish.
 [[File: Sasaram Waterfall.png|Sasaram Waterfall|frame|500px]]
 [[File: Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri.png|Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri|frame|500px]]
 [[File: Rohtas Fort at Sasaram.png|Rohtas Fort at Sasaram|frame|left|500px]]