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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Palibothra canonical 1
Palimbothra 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical place
associatedWithRuler Ashoka
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
capitalOf Gupta Empire
Magadha Empire
linked to: Magadha

Maurya Empire
connectedBy riverine trade routes
correspondsTo Pataliputra in Sanskrit sources
describedBy Megasthenes
earliestEvidence Greek historical accounts
flourishedDuring 3rd century BCE
4th century BCE
governedBy Gupta administration
linked to: Gupta Empire

Mauryan administration
GreekNameOf Pataliputra
hasCulturalContext Indo-Greek contacts
hasModernEquivalent Patna
hasNameVariant Palibotra
Palimbothra
linked to: Palibothra
historicalStatus major imperial capital
knownFromSource Arrian
linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia

Megasthenes
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
knownInLanguage Ancient Greek
linkedTo Hellenistic knowledge of India
locatedIn Bihar
India
Magadha
mentionedIn Indica
modernArchaeologicalCorrelation sites in and around Patna
notableFor fortifications
royal palaces
urban planning
partOf Gangetic plain
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
region eastern India
role administrative center
commercial center
political capital
situatedNear Patna
Son River
situatedOn Ganges River
linked to: Ganges
timePeriod Ancient India
linked to: ancient India
visitedBy Megasthenes

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pataliputra GreekName Palibothra
Palibothra hasNameVariant Palimbothra
linked to: Palibothra