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Pataliputra (IAST: Pāṭaliputra), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, [1] was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE, as a small fort (Pāṭaligrāma) near the Ganges river. [2] [3] Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges.
Kumhrar 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. It is located 5 km east of Patna Railway Station.
The name Patliputra (Devanagari: पाटलिपुत्र ) is composed of two words, Patali and Putraka (king). [3] The name Patliputra was given by Ajatashatru, a king of the ancient Indian state of Magadh, who created a fort in Pataligrama near the River Ganga in 490 BCE and later, King Ajatashatru shifted his capital to Patliputra.
Bulandi Bagh is an area within the archaeological site of Pataliputra, located north of the railway station in the modern city of Patna. It is mainly known for the discovery of the monumental Pataliputra capital, which was unearthed in 1895 by L.A. Waddell. Additionally, excavations at Bulandi Bagh revealed wooden palisades believed to have ...
Azimabad (Hindi: अज़ीमाबाद, Urdu: عظیم آباد) was the name of modern-day Patna during the eighteenth century, prior to the British Raj. Today, Patna is the capital of Bihar, a state in North [1] India. In ancient times, Patna was known as Pataliputra. [2] This was the capital of the Maurya and Gupta Empires.
Later, it was shifted to Pataliputra, near present-day Patna in India during the reign of Udayin. Bimbisara is considered to be the founder of the dynasty. According to Buddhist text, the Mahavamsa , Bimbisara was appointed king by his father, Bhattiya, at the age of fifteen.
The Brahmanical text of the Yuga Purana describes events in the form of a prophecy, which may have been historical, [160] [161] [162] relates the attack of the Indo-Greeks on the capital Pataliputra, [163] a magnificent fortified city with 570 towers and 64 gates according to Megasthenes, [164] and describes the ultimate destruction of the city ...
The first accepted references to the place are observed more than 2500 years ago in Jain and Buddhist scriptures.Recorded history of the city begins in the year 490 BCE when Ajatashatru, the king of Magadha, wanted to shift his capital from the hilly Rajgriha to a more strategically located place to combat the Licchavi of Vaishali.