 | Archaeological Survey of India - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1878 - 296 pages
...small town, dependent on Bihar, which was the seat of the local Government. He was standing on the hank of the Ganges when, after much solid reflection and...said to those who were standing by : 'If a fort were huilt in this place the waters of the Ganges could never flow far from it, and Patna would become one... | |
 | J. D. Beglar - Bengal (India) - 1878 - 290 pages
...small town, dependent on Bihar, which was the seat of the local Government. He was standing on the hank of the Ganges when, after much solid reflection and...said to those who were standing by : 'If a fort were built in this place the waters of the Ganges could never flow far from it, and Patua would become one... | |
 | J. D. Beglar - Bengal (India) - 1878 - 292 pages
...AD) came to Patna, then a small town, dependent on Bihar, which was the seat of the local Government. He was standing on the bank of the Ganges when, after much solid reflection and sage determination, be said to those who were standing by : 'If a fort were built in this place the waters of the Ganges... | |
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If a fort were built in this place the waters of the Ganges could never flow far from it, and Patna would become one of the great towns of this country; because this place is situated to the west on the banks of the Ganges which flows from the north. 