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According to local traditions, the name ''Buxar'' is derived from a lake in the town named ''Aghsar'' (effacer of Sin), which in course of time became ''Baghsar'' and took the present form that is Buxar. Another vedic legend states that, a sage or rishi named Besira transformed himself to take the look of a Tiger to frighten [[Durvasa]] rishi, and doomed by him to retain the form of Tiger forever. In order to restore his Human's form, Bedsira bathed in the holy pond of Aghsar and worshipped Gaurishankar. To commemorate this event the spot was called ''Vyaghrasar'' and later became ''Baghsar'' (The Tiger's pond).[{{Cite book|title=Bihar And Orissa Gazetteers Shahabad|isbn=8172681224|pages=163|last1=O'Malley |first1=L. S. S. |publisher=Concept Publishing Company }}][{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Bindeshwari Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9WRuAAAAMAAJ&q=buxar+named+tiger |title=Directory of Bihar Archaeology: Silver Jubilee Year Publication |date=2000 |publisher=Bihar Puravid Parishad |language=en}}] |
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According to local traditions, the name ''Buxar'' is derived from a lake in the town named ''Aghsar'' (effacer of Sin), which in course of time became ''Baghsar'' and took the present form that is Buxar. Another vedic legend states that, a sage or rishi named Besira transformed himself to take the look of a Tiger to frighten [[Durvasa]] rishi, and doomed by him to retain the form of Tiger forever. In order to restore his Human's form, Bedsira bathed in the holy pond of Aghsar and worshipped Gaurishankar. To commemorate this event the spot was called ''Vyaghrasar'' and later became ''Baghsar'' (The Tiger's pond).[{{Cite book|title=Bihar And Orissa Gazetteers Shahabad|isbn=8172681224|pages=163|last1=O'Malley |first1=L. S. S. |publisher=Concept Publishing Company }}][{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Bindeshwari Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9WRuAAAAMAAJ&q=buxar+named+tiger |title=Directory of Bihar Archaeology: Silver Jubilee Year Publication |date=2000 |publisher=Bihar Puravid Parishad |language=en}}] |
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Several ancient statuettes of the pre-Mauryan or [[Maurya Empire|early-Mauryan period]] (circa 4th century BCE) have been found in Buxar. Many of them are now located in the [[Bihar Museum]].[{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Parmeshwari Lal |title=Patna museum catalogue of antiquities |date=1965 |page=255 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.46815/page/n267/mode/2up?q=6650}}][{{cite book |last1=Doshi |first1=Saryu |title=Symbols and Manifestations of Indian Art |date=1984 |publisher=Marg Publications |isbn=978-0-8364-1437-0 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA7qAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1 |language=en |quote=Some figurines from Buxar can be dated in the late pre - Mauryan and early Mauryan period , that is, roughly in the fourth century B.C.}}][{{cite book |last1=Glucklich |first1=Ariel |title=The Strides of Vishnu: Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective |date=9 May 2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-971825-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/stridesofvishnuh0000gluc/page/137/mode/2up |p=137 |language=en |quote=The Patna Museum (where Pataliputra once stood) owns pre-Mauryan mother goddess statues that have been dug up in Buxar of the Sahabad district nearby. The Buxar one has a round face with punched earlobes and prominent breasts, and may have served a local fertility cult.}}] The style of these terracotta statuettes is generally similar to that of other Mauryan statuettes, but they are usually seated, being supported by tripod-like legs, have prominent breasts and out-stretched arms. Their headgear is often very elaborate.[{{cite book |last1=Ahuja |first1=Naman Parmeshwar |title=Early Indian moulded terracotta: The emergence of an iconography and variations in style, circa second century B.C. to first century A.D. (Thesis) |Publisher=Naman Parmeshwar Ahuja School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=2001 |doi=10.25501/SOAS.00029572}}] |
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Several ancient statuettes of the pre-Mauryan or [[Maurya Empire|early-Mauryan period]] (circa 4th century BCE) have been found in Buxar. Many of them are now located in the [[Bihar Museum]].[{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Parmeshwari Lal |title=Patna museum catalogue of antiquities |date=1965 |page=255 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.46815/page/n267/mode/2up?q=6650}}][{{cite book |last1=Doshi |first1=Saryu |title=Symbols and Manifestations of Indian Art |date=1984 |publisher=Marg Publications |isbn=978-0-8364-1437-0 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA7qAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1 |language=en |quote=Some figurines from Buxar can be dated in the late pre - Mauryan and early Mauryan period , that is, roughly in the fourth century B.C.}}][{{cite book |last1=Glucklich |first1=Ariel |title=The Strides of Vishnu: Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective |date=9 May 2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-971825-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/stridesofvishnuh0000gluc/page/137/mode/2up |p=137 |language=en |quote=The Patna Museum (where Pataliputra once stood) owns pre-Mauryan mother goddess statues that have been dug up in Buxar of the Sahabad district nearby. The Buxar one has a round face with punched earlobes and prominent breasts, and may have served a local fertility cult.}}] The style of these terracotta statuettes is generally similar to that of other Mauryan statuettes, but they are usually seated, being supported by tripod-like legs, have prominent breasts and out-stretched arms. Their headgear is often very elaborate, especially for later specimens.[{{cite book |last1=Ahuja |first1=Naman Parmeshwar |title=Early Indian moulded terracotta: The emergence of an iconography and variations in style, circa second century B.C. to first century A.D. (Thesis) |Publisher=Naman Parmeshwar Ahuja School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=2001 |doi=10.25501/SOAS.00029572}}] |
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