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| caption = Bulandi Bagh is located in the northwestern corner, just above the railroad, of the 1895 excavation plan at Pataliputra (marked "Bulandhi Bagh" and "I").
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| location = [[Patna district]], [[Bihar]], [[India]].
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'''Bulandi Bagh''' is an area of the archaeological site of [[Pataliputra]] (north of railway station of the modern city of [[Patna]]). It is mainly known for the discovery of the monumental [[Pataliputra capital]], unearthed in 1895 by [[L.A. Waddell]], as well as the excavation of wooden palissades thought to have formed the protective walls of ancient Pataliputra. Bulandhi Bagh is thought to have been part of the [[Maurya dynasty]] royal palace in Pataliputra.<ref>"Report on the excavations at Pataliputra (Patna)" Calcutta, 1903, page 16 [https://archive.org/details/reportonexcavat01waddgoog]</ref>

[[File:Pataliputra patna Bulandi Bagh location.jpg|thumb|left|Location of Bulandi Bagh in the ancient city of Pataliputra and modern Patna (Pataliputra city limits in dotted line).]]
Other excavations in 1912-1913 took place in the area of Bulandi Bagh under American archaeologist [[David Brainard Spooner]], working for the British Archaeological Survey of India. Spooner devoted most of his resources to the site of [[Kumrahar]] to the south, but in Bulandi Bagh, he found a wooden palissade, [[punch-marked coins]] and [[terracotta]] figures (head of smiling boy and dancing figure), and various beads and seals.<ref>[http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_bihar.asp Archaeological Survey of India report ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208173144/http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_bihar.asp |date=8 December 2016 }}</ref>

In 1926–1927, J.A. Page and M. Ghosh for the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] excavated the area again leading to the discovery of large wooden palissades (137 meters were excavated), also thought to be of the Mauryan period. It is thought that it is the palissade seen by [[Megasthenes]] during his visit to Pataliputra.<ref>[http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_bihar.asp Archaeological Survey of India report ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208173144/http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_imp_bihar.asp |date=8 December 2016 }}</ref> [[Strabo]] in his [[Geographia]], quoting Megasthenes:
{{quote|"At the confluence of the Ganges and of another river is situated Palibothra, in length 80, and in breadth 15 [[Stadion (unit)|stadia]]. It is in the shape of a parallelogram, surrounded by a wooden wall pierced with openings through which arrows may be discharged. In front is a ditch, which serves the purpose of defence and of a sewer for the city." [[Strabo]], "Geographia"<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44886/44886-h/44886-h.htm Strabo Geographia Vol 3 Paragraph 36] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116055802/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44886/44886-h/44886-h.htm |date=16 November 2014 }}</ref>}}

According to [[Arrian]], also quoting Megasthenes:
{{quote|"Megasthenes says that on one side where it is longest this city extends ten miles in length, and that its breadth is one and threequarters miles; that the city has been surrounded with a ditch in breadth 600 feet, and in depth 45 feet; and that its wall has 570 towers and 64 gates." [[Arrian]], "The Indica"<ref>[http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Indica.html Arrian, "The Indica"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525151841/http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Indica.html |date=25 May 2012 }}</ref>}}

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File:Pataliputra Palace capital by L A Waddell 1895.jpg|The [[Pataliputra capital]] was excavated in Bulandi Bagh.
File:Mauryan remains of wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASIEC 1912-13.jpg|Mauryan remains of wooden palissade at the Bulandi Bagh site, 1912–13.
File:Mauryan remains of a wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASI 1926-27.jpg|Mauryan remains of a wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site, 1926–27.
File:Bulandi Bagh female figure Sunga period.jpg|Female figure found at Bulandi Bagh, [[Sunga]] period.
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==References==
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[[Category:Maurya Empire]]
[[Category:Patna]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Bihar]]

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