What is "kumhrar"

Kumhrar or Kumrahar is the remains of an ancient city of Pataliputra, located 5 km　of east from Patna Railway Station, on Road, Patna, Bihar.

The archaeological remains of the Mauryan period (322–185 BCE), has been discovered here, this include the ruins of a hypostyle 80-pillared hall The excavation finding here dates back to 600 BCE, and marks the ancient capital of Ajatshatru, Chandragupta and Ashoka, and collectively the relics range from four continuous periods from 600 BCE to 600 CE.

Kumhrar Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is comes under Patna Sahib lok sabha constituency. In Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, Kumhrar will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines. Kumhrar was initially called Patna Central assembly constituency, but after delimitation it was renamed as Kumhrar assembly constituency.