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 | | Patanjali, a grammarian and commentator on Panini around 150 BC, describes in the Mahābhāsya,[6] the invasion in two examples using the imperfect tense of Sanskrit, denoting a recent event: |
 | | Also the Brahmanical text of the Yuga Purana, which describes Indian historical events in the form of a prophecy,[9] relates the attack of the Indo-Greeks on the capital Pataliputra, a magnificent fortified city with 570 towers and 64 gates according to Megasthenes,[10] and describes the ultimate destruction of the city's walls: |
 | | "Then, after having approached Saketa together with the Panchalas and the Mathuras, the Yavanas, valiant in battle, will reach Kusumadhvaja ("The town of the flower-standard", Pataliputra). |
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