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Patna · Alexandria

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Patna

Also known as

Batana
Palibothra
Paliputra
Pataliputra
Pataliputra
Pataliputra

Image illustrating Patna — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Patnasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

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in countryIndia1947 CE
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birthplace ofAyeesha S Aiman1990 CE
birthplace ofBali Ram Bhagat1922 CE
birthplace ofBhabatosh Datta1911 CE
place of death ofDaroga Prasad Rai1922 CE

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