Rajgir

Rajgir is a city in in . It is 15 km from the ruins of Nalanda University, and 100 km from , the capital of the state.
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  • Type: Town with 33,700 residents
  • Description: town and historical city in Bihar, India, important place in Buddhism
  • Also known as: “Giribraja”, “Girivraja”, “Rádžagaha”, “Rádžagrha”, “Radžagriha”, “Raja Griha”, “Rajagaha”, “Rājagaha”, “Rajagarha”, “Rajagrha”, “Rājagṛha”, “Râjagriha”, “Rājagriha”, “Râjgir”, “Rajgriha”, “Rażgir”, “Vương-xá”, “Vương-xá thành”, “Радажгриха”, “Раджагаха”, “राजगृह”, “ਗਿਰੀਵਰਾਜ”, “රාජගෘහ”, “රාජ්ගීර්”, “กรุงราชคฤห์”, “แคว้นราชคฤห์”, “เมืองเก่าราชคฤห์”, “เมืองราชคฤห์”, “ราชคหะ”, “ราชคีระ”, “ラージギール”, “ラージギル”, “ラージャグリハ”, “ラジギール”, and “拉杰吉尔”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rajgir railway station.

Railway station
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Rajgir

Latitude
25.03° or 25° 1′ 48″ north
Longitude
85.4207° or 85° 25′ 15″ east
Population
33,700
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
7MQ72CHC+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245728554
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1258864
Wiki­data ID
Q863683
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Rajgir” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rajgiri”
  • Albanian: “Raxhgiri”
  • Angika: “राजगीर”
  • Arabic: “راجغير”
  • Armenian: “Ռաջգիր”
  • Asturian: “Rajgir”
  • Basque: “Rajgir”
  • Belarusian: “Раджгір”
  • Bengali: “রাজগির”
  • Bengali: “রাজগীর”
  • Bhojpuri: “राजगीर”
  • Bishnupriya: “রাজগির”
  • Burmese: “ရာဇဂြိုဟ်(အိန္ဒိယ)”
  • Catalan: “Rajagriha”
  • Cebuano: “Rājgīr”
  • Chinese: “王舍城”
  • Czech: “Rádžgir”
  • Dutch: “Rajgir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راججير”
  • Esperanto: “Raĝagriho”
  • Estonian: “Rādžagriha”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Rajgir”
  • Finnish: “Rajgir”
  • French: “Rajgir”
  • German: “Rajgir”
  • Gujarati: “રાજગીર”
  • Hausa: “Rajgir”
  • Hebrew: “ראג’גיר”
  • Hindi: “राजगीर”
  • Hungarian: “Rádzsgír”
  • Indonesian: “Rajgir”
  • Italian: “Rajgir”
  • Japanese: “王舎城”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿರಿವ್ರಜ”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಜಗೀರ”
  • Korean: “라즈기르”
  • Ladin: “Rajgir”
  • Magahi: “राजगीर”
  • Malagasy: “Rajgir”
  • Malay: “Rajgir”
  • Malayalam: “രാജ്ഗിർ”
  • Marathi: “राजगीर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rajgir”
  • Mingrelian: “რაჯგირი”
  • Nepali: “राजगीर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rajgir”
  • Norwegian: “Rajgir”
  • Oriya: “ରାଜଗିର”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਜਗੀਰ”
  • Persian: “راجگیر”
  • Polish: “Radźgir”
  • Polish: “Rajgir”
  • Portuguese: “Rajagarra”
  • Portuguese: “Rajgir”
  • Russian: “Раджгир”
  • Sanskrit: “राजगिर”
  • Sinhala: “රාජ්ගිර්”
  • Slovak: “Rádžgir”
  • Slovenian: “Radžgir”
  • Spanish: “Rajgir”
  • Swedish: “Rājgīr”
  • Tamil: “ராஜகிரகம்”
  • Telugu: “రాజగిరి”
  • Telugu: “రాజ్‌గిర్”
  • Thai: “ราชคฤห์”
  • Tibetan: “རྒྱལ་པོའི་ཁབ།”
  • Ukrainian: “Раджгір”
  • Urdu: “راج گیر”
  • Urdu: “راجگیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Rajgir”
  • “राजगीर”

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