Re: REQUEST: Where was Pataliputra?

Posted By Y. Malaiya (malaiya@cs.colostate.edu)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:21:54 -0600

Patrick Prohaska wrote:
>
> Vatsyayana was from Pataliputra. Where exactly was this city, and
> does anyone have any information on it?
>

It is now Patna, capital of Bihar. Little remains of ancient
Patna, except part of a hall from the Maurya period.

Vatsyayana lived around 300 AD. Some suspect that he
also rewrote Artha-shastra using the ancient book by
the same name by ChaNakya.

Yashwant

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