Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c16.79

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c16.79

The Patala of the Macedonians has been identified with Haidarabad (Sind), whose ancient name is still remembered as *Potalpuri*.³ It seems to be the Pātana of the Gaṇapāṭha (on P. IV. 1 14) and the Pātanaprastha 'a Vāhīka town' of Patañjali (P. V. 2. 104).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit