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Patna (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 25 36 08 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.6022 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 07 10 E degrees minutes |
Long: 85.1194 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. The ancient city was pillaged by Indo-Greeks in 185 BCE, and was ruled afterward by the Śuṅga dynasty until ca. 73 BCE. Located on the Silk Road trade routes. In the 4th century CE it became the Gupta capital. The city declined and was abandoned by the 7th century. Later, a town was founded on the site and flourished as part of the Mughal Empire. Was under influence of Great Britain after 1765. |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bihār (state) (P) |
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Patna (inhabited place) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Patna (inhabited place) (P,C) as Pataliputra, capital of Gupta Empire, 4th-6th centuries |
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originally founded 5th century BCE; refounded as Patna, 1541 |
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of Bihar |
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of Magadha until 1st century BCE; Gupta capital, 4th-7th cen. |
| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Magadha .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, India) [6003610] |
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Mauryan Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [6003783] |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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