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Line 148: \| accessdate = }}</ref> of its geographical area. [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] are the official languages of the state, whilst the majority of the people speak one of the [[Bihari languages]] (once considered to be [[dialects]] of [[Hindi]]) - [[Bhojpuri]], [[Magadhi]], [[Maithili]] or [[Angika]]. Ancient Bihar, known as [[Magadha]], was a center of power, learning and culture in ancient India. From [[Magadha]] arose [[India]]'s first empire, the [[Maurya empire]] as well as one of the world's greatest [[Pacifism\|pacifist]] religion, [[Buddhism]]~~{{Fact\|date=November 2008}}~~.<ref>Mishra Pankaj, ''The broblem'', Seminar 450 - February 1997</ref> [[Magadha]] empires, notably under the [[Maurya]] and [[Gupta]] dynasties, unified large parts of northern [[South Asia]] under a central rule <ref>{{cite web \| last = \| first =

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