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{{Infobox ancient site<br />
| name = Kopagarh<br />
| native_name = कोपगढ<br />
| native_name_lang = Mai<br />
| location = Keoti block, [[Darbhanga district]]<br />
| region = [[Mithila region]]<br />
| area = 70 acres<br />
}}<br />
'''Kopagarh''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: कोपगढ) is an archaeological site in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is located in the Keoti block of the [[Darbhanga district]] in the state of [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. There is mound at the site. The size of the mound is smaller than that of [[Balirajgarh]] but the antiquity of the site excels. The site seems to be an important urban centre in the ancient period of the region. The neighbouring village of the Kopagarh is ''Miran Than''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nautiyal |first=Vinod |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Him_Kanti.html?id=7wRuAAAAMAAJ#Kopagarh |title=Him-Kanti: Archaeology, Art, and History : Prof. K.P. Nautiyal Felicitation Volume |date=1997 |publisher=Book India Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-85638-10-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarti |first=Dilip K. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Archaeological_Geography_of_the_Ganga_Pl.html?id=OEZe-wAIiKIC#v=onepage&q=Kopagarh&f=false |title=Archaeological Geography of the Ganga Plain: The Lower and the Middle Ganga |date=2001 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-7824-016-9 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
Kopagarh is an ancient site in the state of Bihar in India. It lies off the Rahika - Darbhanga road. It was originally a moat. There is ruins of mud fortification wall. The mound at the site is spread over 70 acres of land. It was originally discovered by the archaeologist Dr S K Jha.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Olivelle |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Between_the_Empires.html?id=efaOR_-YsIcC#v=onepage&q=Kopagarh&f=false |title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE |date=2006-07-13 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977507-1 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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The site yields micaceous [[Black and red ware|Black and Red Ware]] (BRW), [[Northern Black Polished Ware]] (NBP) and later potteries. Presently, the whole area of the site is under cultivation.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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