[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c27.1337 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1337 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1337 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.1337](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1337) The city was known to the Greeks as Pālibothra, and Megasthenes, who spent some time there, has left a vivid description of it.⁶ It continued to be the capital during the greater part of the Gupta dynasty, from the fourth to the sixth century A.C. Near Pāṭaliputta was the Kukkuṭārāma, where monks (e.g. Ānanda, Bhadda and Nārada) stayed when they came to Pāṭaliputta.⁷ At the suggestion of Udena Thera, the brahmin Ghoṭamukha built an assembly-hall for the monks in the city.⁸ - [Previous: v2.c27.1336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1336) - [Next: v2.c27.1338](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1338) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1337](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1337) · Pramāṇa