📍 Capital / fort
Pataliputra
c. 490 BCE – c. 600 CE
Capital of Magadha, the Mauryas and the Guptas.
👑 Capital of 6 kingdoms and empires · 15 events here
The large dot is this place; small dots are places within 80 km.
Through time
👑 Ruled from here
c. 700–321 BCEMagadhaCapital: Rajagriha, later Pataliputrac. 321–185 BCEMauryan EmpireCapital: Pataliputrac. 185–73 BCEShunga DynastyCapital: Pataliputra / Vidishac. 73–28 BCEKanva DynastyCapital: Pataliputrac. 240 CE – c. 550 CEGupta EmpireCapital: Pataliputra / Ayodhyac. 750 CE – c. 1161Pala EmpireCapital: Gauda / Pataliputra / Monghyr
What happened here within 25 km
- c. 460 BCE Pataliputra becomes Magadha's capital · Haryanka Dynasty
- c. 345 BCE Mahapadma Nanda founds the Nanda dynasty · Nanda Dynasty
- c. 321 BCE Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas · Mauryan Empire
- c. 302 BCE Megasthenes at Pataliputra writes the Indica · Mauryan Empire
- c. 268 BCE Ashoka's accession · Mauryan Empire
- c. 250 BCE Third Buddhist Council at Pataliputra · Mauryan Empire
- c. 232 BCE Death of Ashoka · Mauryan Empire
- c. 185 BCE Pushyamitra Shunga assassinates Brihadratha · Shunga Dynasty
- c. 319 CE Gupta era begins · Gupta Empire
- c. 320 CE Chandragupta I marries the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi · Gupta Empire
- c. 335 CE Samudragupta becomes emperor · Gupta Empire
- c. 405 CE Faxian travels in India · Gupta Empire
- c. 415 CE Kumaragupta I becomes emperor · Gupta Empire
- c. 467 CE Death of Skandagupta · Gupta Empire
- 499 CE Aryabhata writes the Aryabhatiya · Gupta Empire