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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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