INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The city has been known by various names through more than 2, 000 years of existence – Pataligrama, Pataliputra, Kusumapura, Kusumdhwaja Pushpapuram, Padmavathi, Azimabad, and the present-day Patna.

Detailed explanation-2: -The original name of Patna was Pataliputra or Patalipattan and its history makes a start from the century 600 B.C. The name Patna has undergone many changes at its earliest stages like Pataligram, Kusumpur, Patliputra, Azimabad etc., ultimately terminating to the present one.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pataliputra was also known as Pataligrama and in the present-day it is known as Patna.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name Patliputra was given by a king of ancient Indian state of Magadh, Ajatashatru, who created a fort in Pataligrama near the River Ganges in 490 BC and later king Ajatashatru shifted his capital to Patliputra. The name Patliputra may also have been derived from Patli, a tree variety that is found in the city.

Detailed explanation-5: -A very few ascribes the origin of Patna to a mythological king, Putraka, who created Patna by a magic stroke for his queen Patali, literally Trumpet flower, which gives it its ancient name Pataligram. It is said that in honour of the firstborn to the queen, the city was named Pataliputra.