Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1332

v2.c27.1332

The date at which Pāṭaliputta became the capital is uncertain. Hiouen Thsang seems to record² that it was Kālāsoka who moved the seat of government there. The Jains maintain that it was Udāyī, son of Ajātasattu.³ The latter tradition is probably correct as, according to the Aṅguttara Nikāya,⁴ even Muṇḍa is mentioned as residing at Pāṭaliputta. It was, however, in the time of Asoka that the city enjoyed its greatest glory. In the ninth year of his reign Asoka's income from the four gates of the city is said to have been four hundred thousand kahāpaṇas daily, with another one hundred thousand for his sabhā or Council.⁵