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Pataliputra: Heart of the Mauryan Empire

The document discusses the history of Patna, India across several empires. It notes that Patna served as the capital of the Magadha Empire and was described as the largest city in the world during this time. It then discusses Patna serving as the capital of the subsequent Maurya Empire and Shunga Empire. The document also mentions Patna being the capital of the Gupta Empire and experiencing uncertain times after the disintegration of the Gupta empire. Finally, it briefly discusses Patna under Mughal rule.

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Pataliputra: Heart of the Mauryan Empire

The document discusses the history of Patna, India across several empires. It notes that Patna served as the capital of the Magadha Empire and was described as the largest city in the world during this time. It then discusses Patna serving as the capital of the subsequent Maurya Empire and Shunga Empire. The document also mentions Patna being the capital of the Gupta Empire and experiencing uncertain times after the disintegration of the Gupta empire. Finally, it briefly discusses Patna under Mughal rule.

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kilometres (9 mi) long and 2.82 kilometres (1.75 mi) wide.[29][30] Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador
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Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire.


 

Pataliputra as a capital of Maurya Empire.


The Maurya Empire at its largest extent under Ashoka the Great.
 

Pataliputra as a capital of Shunga Empire.


Approximate greatest extent of the Shunga Empire (c. 185 BCE).
 

Pataliputra as a capital of Gupta Empire.


Approximate greatest extent of the Gupta Empire.

Gupta and Pala empire[edit]

Main street of Patna, showing one side of the Chowk, 1814–15.

City of Patna, on the River Ganges, 19th-century painting.

In the years that followed, many dynasties ruled the Indian subcontinent from the city, including
the Gupta dynasty and the Pala kings. With the disintegration of the Gupta empire, Patna passed
through uncertain times. Bakhtiar Khilji captured Bihar in the 12th century and destroyed everything,
and Patna lost its prestige as the political and cultural centre of India. [35]
Guru Gobind Singh (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, was born as
Gobind Rai in Patna to Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of the Sikhs, and his wife Mata Gujri. His
birthplace, Patna Sahib is one of the most sacred sites of pilgrimage for Sikhs. [36]

Mughal empire[edit]
The Mughal empire was a period of unremarkable patna city aurhority

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