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Patna

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1684 CE
395 BCE1997 CE
2 polities active
Mughal Empire
Era unknown

1526 – 1857

Ruler

Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb

65 years old

Padshah

1658 – 3 March 1707

Capital

Shahjahanabad (Delhi)

now Delhi

1648 – present

Maratha Confederacy
Era unknown

1674 – 1818

Ruler

Unknown

Capital

Raigad

now Raigad Fort

1674 – present

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Events

  • Third Buddhist Council

    Buddhist council convened under Ashoka at Pataliputra.

    Third Buddhist Council

    250 BCE
  • Samudragupta's Digvijaya Campaigns

    The wide-ranging conquests that made the Gupta Empire supreme in India.

    Samudragupta's Digvijaya Campaigns

    335s – 375s
  • Founding of the Maurya Empire

    Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas to found India's first empire.

    Founding of the Maurya Empire

    322 BCE
  • Fall of the Maurya Empire

    The assassination of Brihadratha ends the Maurya dynasty.

    Fall of the Maurya Empire

    185 BCE

Places

  • Pataliputra

    Capital of Magadha and of the Maurya and Gupta empires, modern Patna.

    Pataliputra

    490 BCE