Patna in the Ancient World
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 322 BC to 476. The most recorded lives are Ashoka, Aryabhata and Chandragupta Maurya.
Notable people
Aryabhata
in 476
1 moment here
Indian mathematician-astronomer of the Gupta era. Surviving biographical evidence securely associates him with Kusumapura/Pataliputra, near modern…
Ashoka
from 304 BC to 250 BC
3 moments here
Ashoka was the third Mauryan emperor, ruling most of the Indian subcontinent from approximately 268 to 232 BCE.…
Chandragupta Maurya
in 322 BC
1 moment here
Founder and first emperor of the Maurya Empire. The chronology of his early life, rise, reign, abdication, and death is incompletely preserved and in…
Moments
- 322 BC Siege and capture of Pataliputra Chandragupta Maurya
- 304 BC Born at Pataliputra Ashoka
- 268 BC Returns to Pataliputra and takes power Ashoka
- 250 BC Attends the Third Buddhist Council Ashoka
- 476 Birth at Kusumapura/Pataliputra Aryabhata