Nadiauna
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Nadiauna | |
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Village | |
  Nadiauna Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°12′04″N 85°25′27″E / 25.20102°N 85.42405°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Nalanda |
| Sub-district | Noorsarai |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,872 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Nadiauna is a village in Noorsarai subdistrict of Nalanda district, Bihar. As of 2011, it has a population of 3,872, in 601 households.
Hiranand Sastri identified Nadiauna with the village of Nadivanāka identified in a copper-plate grant issued at Munger by Devapala of Bengal in the early 800s. The grant identified Nadivanāka as belonging to the naya (subdivision) of Ajapura (which Shastri identified with present-day Ajaipur), in the vishaya (province) of Rājagṛha (present-day Rajgir). In the grant, the revenues from Nadivanāka and several other villages, along with all of their attached fields, pastures, and mango and madhuka orchards, were granted tax-exempt for the upkeep of a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda that had been founded by the king Balaputra of Srivijaya.[2]: 317, 25