History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.405.5

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65–67) inform us that Palibothra was 80 *stadia* in length and 15 in width, that in shape it was a parallelogram, that it was surrounded by a wooden wall with holes for discharging arrows and a ditch in front. Arrian states (pp. 209–210 of McCrindle's 'Ancient India') that Palibothra had 570 towers and 64 gates. Patañjali in his Mahābhāṣya frequently brings in Pāṭaliputra (e. g. in vol. I p. 380 he states that Pāṭaliputra is alongside of the river Śoṇa, on Pāṇ. II. 1. 16), in vol. II. p. 311 (vārtika 4 on Pāṇ. IV. 3. 66) he refers to its walls and to its palaces, in vol. II. p. 321 (on Pāṇ. IV. 3. 134). In Fa-Hien's time (399–414 A. D.) the royal palace and halls in the midst of the city built of stone still existed and were so grand that they were then believed to have been the work of spirits (vide Legge p. 77). Vide Rhys Davids' 'Buddhist India' pp. 34–41 for the ancient Indian capitals in the 7th century B. C.