GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pataliputra capital is a monumental rectangular capital with volutes and Classical Greek designs, that was discovered in the palace ruins of the ancient Mauryan Empire capital city of Pataliputra (modern Patna, northeastern India). It is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pataliputra was the capital of the Mauryan empire. The monarch ruled the empire from the capital.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pataliputra, capital of the Mauryas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mauryan Empire was divided into four provinces with the imperial capital at Pataliputra. From Ashokan edicts, the name of the four provincial capitals are Tosali (in the east), Ujjain in the west, Suvarnagiri (in the south), and Taxila (in the north).

Detailed explanation-5: -Udayin was the Indian ruler of the Haryanaka dynasty who ruled over Magadha from 460 BCE to 440 BCE. He was the son of Ajatashatru and grandson of king Bimbisara. He shifted his capital from Rajgriha to Patliputra because of the latter’s central location in the Magadha empire.