GemsOfINDOLOGY
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Earliest surviving Archaeological remains of Mauryan empire 325-185 BCE, once pride of 'Golden Sparrow'
This is the only earliest surviving palatial palace in Indian history discovered accidentally.
Magathenese travelogues speaks high of it's grandeurs.
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Pataliputra became the capital of major powers in ancient India, such as the Shishunaga Empire (c. 413–345 BCE), Nanda Empire (c. 460 or 420–325 BCE), the Maurya Empire (c. 320–180 BCE), the Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 CE), and the Pala Empire (c. 750–1200 CE)
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Layout of Patliputra (322–185 BCE) found in Kumharar, Patna. Magasthense in 3rd cent. was awed
#1-Plan of the 80-columns pillared hall.
#2-Plan of the Gupta level at Kumhrar (originally on top of the Mauryan 80-pillared hall)
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Mauryan remains of wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra
ASI 1912-13
ASI 1926-1927
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