Patna Circle has the privilege of protecting a wise variety of monuments and sites. Most of the sacred Buddhist places like Sarnath, Kushinagar, Rajgir, Vaishali, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Kesaria, Lauriya Nandangarh etc are under this Circle. It includes two ancient universities of Nalanda and Vikramsila. It has pride of having many Asokan pillars like those at Kolhua (Vaisali), Areraj, Nandangarh, Sarnath, Rampurva etc. The earliest rock cut caves at Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of the Mauryan period are located here. The Sonbhandar caves of the Jains are also important. The earliest fort at Rajgir, the grand Rohtas fort with palaces, Vijaygarh fort and the Jaunpur fort are also significant. The Circle is beset with examples of early temple like Mundeswari Devi temple, Paura and medieval temple like Koncheswar temple at Konch.

Among the most important Islamic monument of the Circle is the mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri at Sasaram. In addition, there are a number of mosques and tombs at Jaunpur. Hasan Shah’s tomb at Sasaram, Dharahra mosque at Varanasi, Makhdum Shah Daulat’s tomb at Maner (Patna) and Chowk Sikarpur mosque in Patna are also noteworthy.

Among the monuments of recent past, reference may be made of Lord Cornwallis tomb at Ghazipur and ancestral house of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of Indian Republic, at Jiradei.

Patna Circle is also controls five museums at Sarnath, Nalanda, Bodhgaya, Vaisali and Antichak (Vikramsila). All five museums of the Circle have prize collections of sculptures, coins, inscriptions, potteries and other antiquities, but the national emblem, the Lion Capital kept at Sarnath museum is pride of the Circle.