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.

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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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Pataliputra GreekName Palibothra