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Aerial view of an ancient walled city with grand palaces, gardens, and docks along a river under golden afternoon light.

Aerial view of an ancient walled city with grand palaces, gardens, and docks along a river under golden afternoon light.

A wide panoramic view of Pataliputra, the grand capital of the Mauryan Empire (c. 300 BCE), situated along the Ganges River. Massive wooden palaces, pillared halls, and administrative buildings surrounded by fortified walls and moats. Riverfront ghats with boats, docks, and bustling river traffic. Large planned avenues, gardens, and royal compounds inspired by Persian and Indian architectural traditions. Lush riverine landscape with the Ganges flowing beside the city. Golden afternoon light, expansive imperial scale, highly realistic ancient city skyline. Mehr sehen