1 101 X Megasthenes, a Hellenistic envoy at the Mauryan court, described a massive wooden palisade defending the city of Pataliputra, with sixty-four gates and a vast moat outside. A waterlogged section of its remains have been found: massive wooden sleeper beams providing the foundation and a plank-built passage with carefully jointed plank roof protecting its patrolling guards.
#Bulandibagh, waterlogged remains
4 101 X Chandragupta's palace at his capital, Pataliputra, according to eye-witness Megasthenes, contained a pillared hall. Only eighty-four heaps of stone laid in rows remain of its gilded pillars decorated with golden vines and silver birds; only a canal remains of its park, once rich with fishponds and ornamental trees of every kind.
#Kumrahar, Reconstruction drawing of architectural section of pillared hall
3 102 A Pataliputra: 5th C BC onwards. Pataliputra (modern Patna) was founded as their capital by the kings of Magadha in the 5th century BC, in a prime location where major road and river networks met. A detailed description of its splendours in the 3rd century BC survives in the writings of Megasthenes, a Hellenistic ambassador at the Mauryan court.
#Pataliputra
-1 101 Z 5th C BC onwards. Pataliputra (modern Patna) was founded as their capital by the kings of Magadha in the 5th century, in a prime location where major road and river networks met. A detailed description of its splendours survives in the writings of Megasthenes, a Greek ambassador at the Mauryan court.
#Pataliputra
2 102 B The town of Pataliputra was built on the banks of the rivers Ganges and Son. The existence here of houses of brick with tiled roofs are indicated by finds of brickbats and tiles, and contemporary art allows us to reconstruct their appearance. Among the civic amenities were impressive soakwells for drainage, made from massive terracotta rings.
