Returns to Pataliputra and takes power
· Pataliputra archaeological area, Patna, Bihar, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 · file Ashoka returned from Ujjain during Bindusara's final illness and secured the imperial capital, a decisive movement in his disputed accession to the Mauryan throne. Accession is variously dated to 269 or 268 BCE. Coordinates represent the Kumhrar archaeological area of ancient Pataliputra.
