Pataliputra

E149076
ancient city historical capital

Pataliputra was an ancient Indian city on the Ganges that served as a major political and cultural center, especially under powerful dynasties like the Maurya and Gupta empires.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pataliputra canonical 31
Pataliputra (modern Patna) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical capital ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence pillared hall remains ⓘ
wooden palisade fortifications ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Kumhrar ⓘ
country India ⓘ
declinePeriod post-Gupta period ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Gupta Empire ⓘ
surface form: Gupta period

Maurya period ⓘ
foundationPeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy Ajātaśatru ⓘ
surface form: Ajatashatru

Udayin ⓘ
GreekName Palibothra ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist councils ⓘ
administrative innovations ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
political center of ancient India ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
locatedIn Magadha ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
Son River ⓘ
majorRulerAssociated Ashoka ⓘ
Bindusara ⓘ
Chandragupta I ⓘ
Chandragupta II ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
Samudragupta ⓘ
mentionedBy Faxian ⓘ
Megasthenes ⓘ
Xuanzang ⓘ
mentionedInSource Arthashastra ⓘ
Buddhist texts ⓘ
Mahavamsa ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
surface form: Gangetic plain
presentDayLocation Patna ⓘ
presentDayState Bihar ⓘ
primaryLanguageInUse Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
religiousSignificance Buddhism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
role major commercial hub ⓘ
major cultural center ⓘ
servedAsCapitalOf Gupta Empire ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ
surface form: Magadha kingdom

Maurya Empire ⓘ
Nanda dynasty ⓘ
Pala Empire ⓘ
Shishunaga dynasty ⓘ
Shunga dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maurya Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Gupta Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Gupta Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pataliputra (modern Patna)
Pala Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Patna → historicalName → Pataliputra ⓘ
ancient India → capitalCity → Pataliputra ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Bindusara → birthPlace → Pataliputra ⓘ
Bindusara → deathPlace → Pataliputra ⓘ
Bindusara → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Ashoka → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Magadha → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Magadha → importantCity → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya → birthPlace → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya → residence → Pataliputra ⓘ
Nanda Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Shunga Empire → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Dasharatha Maurya → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Brihadratha Maurya → deathPlace → Pataliputra ⓘ
Brihadratha Maurya → placeOfRule → Pataliputra ⓘ
Magadh region → capitalCityInHistory → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta II → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Dharmapala → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta I → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Chandragupta I → associatedCity → Pataliputra ⓘ
Later Guptas → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Samudragupta → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Kumaragupta I → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Skandagupta → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Devapala → capital → Pataliputra ⓘ
Patna district → hasLokSabhaConstituency → Pataliputra ⓘ