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	Pataliputra
		Pataliputra is the ancient name of Patna, the present day capital of Bihar.
		The Ganduk River empties into the Ganga from the north at Pataliputra, and the Sone enters the Ganga from the south, some miles to the west of the city.
		Pataliputra's recorded history began with Ajatshatru, the second of the Magadhan kings, who established a small fort in 490 BCE at Pataligram where the Ganga and Sone Rivers met in order to better fight his enemies, the Licchavis.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/419417 (1275 words)

	Rise and Fall of the Mauryan Empire
		Chandragupta's capital was Pataliputra (today, Putra), a city nine by two miles, surrounded by walls of timber, 570 towers, a moat 900 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
		An ambassador, Megasthenes, sent to Pataliputra by the Seleucus, described the people of Pataliputra as skilled in the arts, as having an abundance of nourishing food, a low incidence of thievery and people often leaving their houses and property unguarded.
		Megasthenes described the people of Pataliputra as uncomplicated in their manners, never drinking wine except at sacrifices, and as seldom going to court against one another.
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	Patna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is said that in honour of the first born to the queen, the city was named Pataliputra.
		With the rise of the Mauryan empire, the place became the seat of power and nerve centre of the sub-continent.
		From Pataliputra, the famed emperor Chandragupta Maurya (a contemporary of Alexander) ruled a vast empire, stretching from the Bay of Bengal to Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patna,_India (3352 words)

	Patna, Information about Patna, Patna Tour
		Pataliputra was known as Pushpapur and Kusumpur in the earlier times, both of them means the city of flowers.
		Patna is situated at the confluence of Son, Punpun and Ganga rivers.
		The ancient city of Patna was situated on a long strip of land, half a mile to the north of the Kumarhar village.
	www.indovacations.net /english/AboutPatna.htm (1433 words)

	Buddha's World: The Geographical Locations of The Rock Edicts of Asoka
		PATALIPUTRA (it is mentioned in one of the edicts, but surprisingly no version of any of the edicts has been found in the neighbourhood).
		The identification of Pataliputra is certain and its geographical importance is well known.
		It was the meeting point of three major trade routes, the royal highway from Pataliputra, the northwestern route through Bactria, Kapisa, and Puskalavati (Peshawar), and the route from Kashmir and Central Asia, via Srinagar, Mansehra, and the Haripur valley.
	www.katinkahesselink.net /tibet/asoka-locations.htm (3961 words)

	A Gap in Puranic History Bridged by Pradip Bhattacharya
		Shalishuka of Pataliputra— great grandson of Ashoka—“of righteous words but unrighteous conduct,” is said to have helped his elder brother, renowned as Sadhuketa (banner of ascetics), establish a righteous person named Vijaya.
		The founding of Pushpapura (Pataliputra) is a crucial event for this Purana and it celebrates Udayin (Udayan) for this, calling him the scion of Shishunaga.
		Thereafter, a mighty Shaka king raids Pushpanama (Pataliputra) and kills a quarter of the population including all the youngest men but is slain by the Kalinga king Shata and a group of Sabalas (Savaras).
	www.boloji.com /history/027.htm (1429 words)

	"I Will Dethrone You" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chanakya went from Takshashila to Pataliputra, which was famous as a center of learning and was known to honor scholars.
		Pataliputra sheltered scholars who were intellectual giants in different branches to knowledge.
		It was believed that he had buried all his wealth under a boulder in the bed of the river Ganga.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatpersonalities/chanakya/page6.htm (386 words)

	Tourism of India - Holiday Ideas
		Patna and Varanasi, the ancient Indian towns of Pataliputra and Kashi were also thriving townships during the Buddha's lifetime.
		Patna, the state capital of Bihar, situated on the banks of the Ganga is a major entry point for pilgrims wishing to travel in the footsteps of the Buddha.
		What brought far more enduring renown to Pataliputra and to the Mauryan Empire was Emperor Ashoka (260 BC - 239 BC) who spread the Master's message of peace and non-violence, compassion and love, far and wide.
	www.tourismofindia.com /hi_old/buddh_patana.htm (840 words)

	Patna tour,patna tourist attraction,patna travel,tourism in patna,tourist information,bihar,india,patna tour ...
		Located on the high bank of the river Ganges, the city was established by the son of Ajatshatru, Udayi.
		Pataliputra reached its pinnacle of glory under the Mauryas and became one of the most important capital cities.
		The remains of Pataliputra, as well as the ancient capital of Ajatshatru and Ashoka have been uncovered at Kumhrar.
	www.tourmyindia.com /attraction/patnabihar.html (704 words)

	The Tribune...Sunday Reading
		Evaluation of the influence the teachers exercised over their students, who later on became the most powerful kings in world history, can be quite interesting.
		If the judges approved of it, he was awarded a prize of one thousand gold coins, freedom from payment of taxes and other state contributions for life and a roll of honour.
		Chandragupta succeeded to the throne of Pataliputra, secured his position against all enemies, and established a gigantic empire.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jan10/sunday/head6.htm (1935 words)

	Patna city of Bihar - India
		Patna once called Pataliputra the capital of Bihar,is among the world's oldest capital cities with unbroken history of many centuries as imperial metropolis.
		It was Ajatshatru the Magadha king who first built a small fort in Pataligram on the bank of the Ganga in 6th century BC, which later blossomed into the ancient glory still to be seen in the neighboring archaeological sites at Kumrahar.
		Pataliputra dominated the political fortunes of the whole of north India between 6th century BC and 5th century AD, a fact established by archaeological excavations.
	www.bharatheritage.in /bihar/patna.htm (974 words)

	Indo-greek
		The first invasion was completed by 175 BCE, as the Indo-Greeks contained the Sungas to the area eastward of Pataliputra, and established their rule on the new territory.
		An Indo-Chinese tradition also explains that Nagasena, also known as Menander 's Buddhist teacher, created in 43 BCE in the city of Pataliputra a statue of the Buddha, the Emerald Buddha, which was later brought to Thailand.
		The armed forces of the Indo-Greeks during their invasion of India must have been quite considerable, as suggested by their ability to topple local rulers, but also by the size of the armed reaction of some Indian rulers.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Indo-Greek (9594 words)

	webindia123.com-Indian History-Ancient-THE GUPTA PERIOD
		This clan obtained possession of Pataliputra, the Capital of the Kushans.
		The importance of the rule Chandragupta I centres around the influence of Kumaradevi the Lichchavi princess, coins bearing the figures of the princess speaks of the extent of her influence.
		Chandragupta became the king of Pataliputra and established a kingdom along the Ganges.
	www.webindia123.com /history/ANCIENT/gupta_period.htm (1557 words)

	Hindu Books Universe - Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pataliputra was referred to in Emperor Asoka's Girnar Rock Edict No. V and in his Sarnath Pillar Edict.
		The capital of Magadha was at first at Giribrajpur or Rajagriha (the modern Rajgir) and then it was transferred to Pataliputra during the reign of Udayin, son of Darsaka.
		Pataliputra or Patna has been sanctified by the glories around Gautama Buddha and Mahavira Vardhamana.
	www.hindubooks.org /dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=200 (167 words)

	Ashoka Becomes King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He ruled over this empire for twenty-five years and died in 272 B.C. Ashoka who had come to pataliputra from Ujjain at the request of Radhagupta, the Chief Minister, was crowned king of Magadha after the death of his father.
		As the priests chanted sacred verses, the heir was adorned with the appropriate symbols of royalty and the crown was placed on his head.
		The citizens of Pataliputra rejoiced that the empire was blessed with an able ruler.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/ashoka/page4.htm (284 words)

	Patna Summary
		Patna (ancient Pataliputra) is the capital of Bihar State in northern India, 300 miles northwest of Calcutta on the south bank of the Ganges.
		It is said that in honour of the first born to the queen, the city was named Pataliputra.
		From Pataliputra, the famed emperor Chandragupta Maurya (a contemporary of Alexander) ruled a vast empire, stretching from the Bay of Bengal to Afghanistan.
	www.bookrags.com /Patna (4114 words)

	Pictures, Photos of Patna, India
		It is the site of ancient Pataliputra, founded in the 5th century BCE by Ajatashatru, king of Magadha.
		The second Magadha dynasty, the Maurya, ruled from here—Ashoka was its last major emperor (c.
		Pataliputra remained a center of learning and in the 4th century CE became the capital of the Gupta empire.
	www.shunya.net /Pictures/NorthIndia/Patna/Patna.htm (421 words)

	Patna Tours, Tour To Patna, Travel Agents, Tour Operator, India Tours, India Travels, Hotel Reservation, Holiday ...
		For many centuries Patna, whose ancient name was Pataliputra, was the capital of a huge empire which ruled a large part of ancient India.
		The history of Patna starts from the year 493 BC when Ajatshatru, the king of Magadh, fortified a small village Pataligrama, which latter came to be known as Pataliputra.
		Kumrahar: Pataliputra, Ashoka's capital in the 3rd century BC, has been excavated at the small village of Kumrahar, south of Patna.
	www.bookmytrip.in /cities/patna.htm (710 words)

	Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
		The culprits, who were arrested from Balupar locality in Digha police station limits of the state capital, have confessed to their crime, the police told reporters.
		Ghosh, a spinster, and her septuagenarian maid servant Malti were found murdered with multiple stab injuries at the professor`s residence at Pataliputra colony area on December 3.
		The car of the slain professor, computer and clothes were recovered during the night-long raids conducted by the police for arresting the culprits.
	www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=41003 (239 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mauryan
		He established his capital at Pataliputra, then expanded westwards across the River...
		(321– 185) In ancient India, a state centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers.
		It was founded in the 5th century as Pataliputra and was the capital of Magadha until the 1st century.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Mauryan (697 words)

	Magadha and Ashoka Maurya
		Bimbisara established dynastic relations by intermarriage with the nobility of neighbouring Kosala and Vrijji, and easily dominated the territory of Vanga to the southeast.
		He was, however, murdered by his son Ajatashatru in 493 BC, who established a fort at Pataliputra (Patna), by the Ganga and near to her confluence with the Gandaki, Sona, and Ganghara Rivers. Ajatashatru was also murdered (461 BC) by his impatient heir ~ and so too, the next five generations.
		By 78 AD, the northern Yueh-Chi tribes had flooded through the Himalaya and established the Kushana Empire, which stretched from Kabul to Kashi and south to Sanchi (near the Narmada, in M.P). Purushapura (Peshawar) became the Kushanian capital, although their favorite resort was always Mathura.
	www.geocities.com /sarabhanga/ashoka.html (861 words)

	Jain World
		The Sangha, therefore, reassembling at Pataliputra when the famine was over, collected the fragments of the canon which the monks happened to recollect, and in this way brought together eleven Angas.
		These sisters of Sthulabhadra paying their reverence to Bhadrabahu after his arrival in Pataliputra, asked him where their brother stayed, and were directed to some temple.
		When Udayin, founded his new capital city at Pataliputra, the head quarters of the Church was moved there.
	www.jainworld.com /book/historyofjainism/ch6a.asp (2921 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was in 286 B.C. at the age of eighteen that Asoka was sent out by his father Emperor Bindusara from Pataliputra (modern day Patna in North India), as his viceroy to Ujjayini.
		Adikaram in his classic work "Early history of Buddhism in Ceylon" quotes the Samanthapasadika account of Mahinda's advent since it agrees with the main points with the Mahavamsa account; After the third council at Pataliputra (Patna) Mahinda was requested by his preceptor and the Sangha to visit Ceylon and establish the sasana in that island.
		The Mahavamsa relates that in the seventeenth year of Asoka's coronation at Pataliputra, under the presidency of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa, the third Buddhist Council was held and when he brought the council to an end," he sent forth theras one here and one there".
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/06/02/fea61.html (2015 words)

	History Indo-greek Kingdom - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
		Although "India" only meant the upper Indus for Alexander the Great, since the embassies of Megasthenes in the 3rd century BCE "India" meant to the Greeks most of the northern half of the Indian subcontinent, an area roughly corresponding to the extent of the Mauryan Empire at its largest.
		Accounts of battles between the Greeks and the Sunga in Central India are also found in the Malavikagnimitra, a play by Kalidasa which describes a battle between Greek forces and Vasumitra, the grandson of Pushyamitra, during the latter's reign.
		Ancient fortifications have been unearthed in Rajagriha, south of Pataliputra, which are similar in structure to the Indo-Greek fortifications of Sirkap and Barikot: stone walls connected by jutting rectangular towers, reinforced by a low structure to repel siege machinery, in contrast to the mud walls used throughout the country at that time
	www.bharatadesam.com /history/indo-greek_kingdom.php (4421 words)

	BBPA Magazine
		Later in 327 BC, Greek and Roman authors reported that the Nandas [the then kings of Bengal] had their capital in Pataliputra which was located in the western part of Bengal.
		Knowledge about Pataliputra was greatly enhanced by the reports of Megasthenes (an ambassador at the time) who described the imperial capital Pataliputra as ‘fortified with palisades’.
		In fact it is generally agreed that Pataliputra was the largest city of the ancient world.
	www.bbpa.co.uk /magazine2/000171.html (1031 words)

	city guide, city tour, travel destinations in india - Goamit Holidays
		The history of the city can be traced back to 2,500 years when it was founded on the confluence of rivers Ganga, Sone, Punpun, and Gandak by the Magadhan king Ajatshatru who named it Pataligram.
		The glory of Patna started with Mauryan emperor Chandragupta who made Pataliputra his capital from where he ruled on entire Gangetic plains extending to modern Afghanistan in the west.
		Kumhrar is the place where excavations have unearthed some parts of the Mauryan city of Pataliputra.
	www.goamit.com /cityguide_patna.html (2534 words)

	Chanakya Summary
		The new states (in present-day Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) by uttarapatha along the base of the Himalayas maintained contact with Takshasilâ and at the eastern end of the uttarapatha was the kingdom of Magadha with its capital city, Pataliputra (now corrupted to Patna).
		In his early years he was tutored extensively in the Vedas (considered to be the toughest scriptures to study) - Chanakya memorized them completely at a very early age.
		Political turmoil in Western India at that time caused by Greek invasion forced Chanakya to leave the University environment for the city of Pataliputra (presently known as Patna, in the state of Bihar, India), which was ruled by the Nanda king Dhanananda.
	www.bookrags.com /Chanakya (2376 words)

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