What was the capital city of the Mauryan Empire ?
Pataliputra
The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya around 322 BCE after he overthrew the Nanda dynasty of Magadha. The Mauryas took over the Nanda seat of power, the city of Pataliputra, located near the confluence of the Ganga and the Son (modern Patna in Bihar).
Megasthenes, the Greek envoy of Seleucus at the court of Chandragupta, described Pataliputra (Palibothra) as a huge city surrounded by a wooden palisade with 570 towers and 64 gates. Ashoka also ruled the empire from this city.
Rajagriha (Rajgir) was the earlier capital of Magadha under the Haryanka kings Bimbisara and Ajatashatru; Udayin later shifted the capital to Pataliputra.
Taxila was the provincial headquarters of the north-western province (Uttarapatha) and Ujjain was the headquarters of the western province (Avantirashtra); both were provincial centres, not the imperial capital, so the remaining choice does not apply either.
Pataliputra option is correct.
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