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Pataliputra: *
built initially in 490 BC as a small fort near the Ganges river. Its central location led rulers of successive dynasties to base their administrative capital here; situated at the confluence of the Ganges, Gandhaka and Son rivers, it formed a "water fort” and this allowed it dominate the river trade of the Indo-Gangetic plains during Magadha's early imperial period. It attracted merchants and intellectuals from all over India.
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