Palibothra
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Palibothra is the ancient Greek name for Pataliputra, the historic capital city of several major Indian empires located near modern-day Patna in Bihar, India.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
historical place ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Ashoka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bindusara NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandragupta Maurya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Gupta Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magadha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedBy | riverine trade routes ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Pataliputra in Sanskrit sources ⓘ |
| describedBy | Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestEvidence | Greek historical accounts ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
3rd century BCE
ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Gupta administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mauryan administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GreekNameOf | Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Indo-Greek contacts ⓘ |
| hasModernEquivalent | Patna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Palibotra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palimbothra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | major imperial capital ⓘ |
| knownFromSource |
Arrian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownInLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Hellenistic knowledge of India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bihar
ⓘ
India ⓘ Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Indica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernArchaeologicalCorrelation | sites in and around Patna ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fortifications
ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| partOf | Gangetic plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ political capital ⓘ |
| situatedNear |
Patna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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