Tribes in Ancient India c50.347

c50.347

Pāṭaliputra was built near the confluence of the great rivers of Mid-India, the Ganges, Son and Gaṇḍak, but now the Son has receded some distance away from it. The city was protected by a moat 600 ft. broad and 30 cubits in depth. At a distance of 24 ft. from the inner ditch there stood a rampart with 570 towers and 64 gates. The *Samantapāsādikā* informs us that Pāṭaliputra had four gates, Aśoka’s income from them being 400,000 kahāpaṇas daily. In the *Sabhā* (council), he used to get 100,000 kahāpaṇas daily.²