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    Pataliputra (IAST: Pāṭaliputra), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490...
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  • Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. Until...
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    The Pataliputra capital is a monumental rectangular capital with volutes and Classical Greek designs, that was discovered in the palace ruins of the ancient...
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    Patna (redirect from Pâtaliputra)
    (English: /ˈpʌtnə, ˈpæt-/, Hindi: [ˈpəʈnaː] ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According...
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  • Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. In 2014, she unsuccessfully contested the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency and lost to RJD rebel Ram Kripal Yadav who had...
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    redaction of Jain Agamas (sacred texts). The first council was held at Pataliputra. The second councils were probably held simultaneously at Mathura and...
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    News 18. CPI(ML) Reciprocates RJDs Gesture; Gives up Misa Bharti’s Pataliputra Archived 29 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine NDTV. Kanhaiya Kumar Is...
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  • reorganisation effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib. It also shares border...
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    the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories, centred on the capital of Pataliputra, had grown considerably from the time of Ashoka to when Brihadratha came...
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    the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra. A patron of Buddhism, he is credited with playing an important role...
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  • two seats: Pataliputra and Patna Sahib. During the 1st Lok Sabha (1952-1957), Patna region had 4 Lok Sabha constituencies namely: Pataliputra, Patna Central...
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    conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain; its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna). Outside this imperial centre, the empire's geographical...
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    Satavahanas of Deccan in 28 BC and was reduced to a small principality around Pataliputra. Under the Mauryas, Magadha became a pan-Indian empire, covering large...
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    her for being married to a poor man. This motivated Chanakya to visit Pataliputra, and seek donations from the Emperor Nanda, who was famous for his generosity...
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    The Patliputra Inter-State Bus Terminal (Patliputra ISBT) or Bairiya Bus Terminal is an Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Patna, Bihar, India. It is the...
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  • throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga Empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also held court at Besnagar (modern...
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  • assembly) segments: Saran district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency) "safe in their lairs?". 12 February 2014. "Forthcoming...
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  • Retrieved 21 March 2018. Abdul Qadir (31 December 2017). "171 apply for Pataliputra varsity VC, pro-VC posts". The Times of India. Gaya. Retrieved 7 July...
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  • Nicator and to the court of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra (modern Patna). Dating for his journey to the Mauryan court is uncertain;...
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    is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in Bihar. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata...
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    man. When she grew up, her father took her to Bindusara's palace in Pataliputra. Bindusara's wives, jealous of her beauty, trained her as the imperial...
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    of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges. He shifted his capital from Rajagriha to Pataliputra due to the latter's...
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    Maurya against the Nanda Dynasty around 322 BCE, and gone as far as Pataliputra for the capture of the city from the Nandas. The Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadutta...
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    of Pataliputra, located north of the railway station in the modern city of Patna. It is mainly known for the discovery of the monumental Pataliputra capital...
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    or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913...
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    Palaka, who ruled for 60 years. After that, the Nandas rose to power at Pataliputra and captured the Avanti capital Ujjayini. The Nanda rule, spanning the...
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    Chandragupta defeated and conquered both the Nanda Empire centered in Pataliputra, Magadha and the Greek satraps that were appointed or formed from Alexander's...
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  • Mahapadmanand Pataliputra Maurya Empire c. 322 – c. 185 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Pataliputra Shunga Empire c. 185 – c. 73 BCE Puspamitra Sunga Pataliputra Kanva...
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  • the time. Pataliputra: Capital of the Magadha Empire under the following dynasties: Nanda dynasty Maurya dynasty Gupta dyansty Pataliputra also served...
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    capital of this dynasty initially was Vaishali; but later shifted to Pataliputra, near the present day Patna, during the reign of Kalashoka. According...
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