Excerpt from Report on the Excavations at Pataliputra (Patna): The Palibothra of the Greeks Although it was not one of the very oldest cities of India, it was the seat of the most powerful ancient dynasties, and it has given us, through the narrative of a Greek ambassador to its court, our first fixed landmark in Indian chronology. Its buried ruins also doubtless still hide invaluable materials for reconstructing much of the lost history of early India, and especially for solving that important question as to the influence of the West upon the early civilization of Ancient India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.