Andar

Andar lies in the Bhojpuri-speaking countryside around Siwan, north of the Ghaghara River. The wider region once formed part of the kingdom of Kosala and later came under the rulers of Banaras. In the fifteenth century Sikandar Lodi brought the area into his kingdom, and Babur crossed the Ghaghara near Siswan on his return journey. After the Battle of Buxar in 1764, the region became part of Bengal under the East India Company.