Pataliputra
Ancient city · India
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 489 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 25.611, 85.144
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient Indian city, Emperor Asoka’s classic capital city; present day Patna, the capital city of state of Bihar in India
History
Pataliputra, adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE, as a small fort near the Ganges river. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges. He shifted his capital from Rajgriha to Pataliputra due to the latter's central location in the empire.