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    Pataliputra (IAST: Pāṭaliputra), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490...
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    The Pataliputra capital is a monumental rectangular capital with volutes and Classical Greek designs, that was discovered in the palace ruins of the ancient...
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  • Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. Until...
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    redaction of Jain Agamas (sacred texts). The first council was held at Pataliputra. The second councils were probably held simultaneously at Mathura and...
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    Patna (redirect from Pâtaliputra)
    (/ˈpʌtnə, ˈpæt-/; Hindi: [ˈpəʈnaː] , ISO: Paṭanā), historically known as Pāṭaliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According...
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    conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain; its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna). Outside this imperial centre, the empire's geographical...
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    the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories, centred on the capital of Pataliputra, had shrunk considerably from the time of Ashoka to when Brihadratha...
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    man. When she grew up, her father took her to Bindusara's palace in Pataliputra. Bindusara's wives, jealous of her beauty, trained her as the imperial...
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    the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra. A patron of Buddhism, he is credited with playing an important role...
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    her for being married to a poor man. This motivated Chanakya to visit Pataliputra, and seek donations from the Emperor Nanda, who was famous for his generosity...
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  • throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga Empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also held court at Besnagar (modern...
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  • Nicator and to the court of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra (modern Patna). Dating for his journey to the Mauryan court is uncertain;...
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  • known to have . Misa Bharti contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Pataliputra on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket. She lost to Ram Kripal Yadav, former...
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  • Retrieved 21 March 2018. Abdul Qadir (31 December 2017). "171 apply for Pataliputra varsity VC, pro-VC posts". The Times of India. Gaya. Retrieved 7 July...
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    Satavahanas of Deccan in 28 BCE and was reduced to a small principality around Pataliputra. However, with the rule of Gupta Empire (240–550 CE), The Gupta Empire...
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    The Patliputra Inter-State Bus Terminal (Patliputra ISBT) or Bairiya Bus Terminal is an Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Patna, Bihar, India. It is the...
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    capital of this dynasty initially was Vaishali; but later shifted to Pataliputra, near the present day Patna, during the reign of Kalashoka. According...
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    Haryanka king Ajatashatru. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges. Bhil king Pulinda...
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    Palaka, who ruled for 60 years. After that, the Nandas rose to power at Pataliputra and captured the Avanti capital Ujjayini. The Nanda rule, spanning the...
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    Chandragupta defeated and conquered both the Nanda Empire centered in Pataliputra, Magadha and the Greek satraps that were appointed or formed from Alexander's...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Patna (formerly Pataliputra) is the capital of Bihar, India. Patna or Pataliputra and Patliputra may also refer to: Patna division...
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    or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913...
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  • the time. Pataliputra: Capital of the Magadha Empire under the following dynasties: Nanda dynasty Maurya dynasty Gupta dynasty Pataliputra also served...
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    indicates that the Kanvas ruled from the former capital of the Shungas in Pataliputra, Magadha in Eastern India, their coins are primarily found in and around...
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    Chandragupta Maurya raised an army that eventually conquered the Nanda capital Pataliputra and defeated him. This defeat marked the fall of the Nanda Empire and...
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    Maurya against the Nanda Dynasty around 322 BCE, and gone as far as Pataliputra for the capture of the city from the Nandas. The Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutta...
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    reorganisation effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib. It also shares border...
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  • Vidisha when he was finally recalled to Pataliputra. Thus, Devi did not follow Ashoka as sovereign to Pataliputra, for there his Chief Empress (agramahisi)...
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  • Later Pataliputra Nanda Empire c. 345 – c. 322 BCE Mahapadmanand Pataliputra Maurya Empire c. 322 – c. 185 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Pataliputra Shunga...
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    of Chandragupta Maurya against the Nanda dynasty, and gone as far as Pataliputra for the capture of the city from the Nandas. The Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutta...
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