Stickerji Souvenir Wooden Fridge Magnet | Bihar

Bihar carries more of India's ancient history per square kilometre than almost anywhere else in the country. Long before Delhi or Mumbai existed as centres of power, the region around Patna was the seat of the Mauryan and Gupta empires, ruling from a city then called Pataliputra. A little further south, Nalanda once housed one of the world's oldest residential universities, a 5th-century seat of learning now preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage ruin. And it was under a tree in Bodh Gaya that Siddhartha Gautama sat until he became the Buddha, making this single state the point where Buddhism as a world religion began.

This magnet is a compact way to keep that weight of history somewhere you'll actually look at every day — cut and printed on solid wood, sized to sit comfortably on a fridge door or a bookshelf. History enthusiasts and anyone who has traced the Buddhist pilgrimage trail from Nalanda to Bodh Gaya will recognise exactly what it's pointing to.