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Who founded the city of Pataliputra?

  1. Asoka

  2. Udayin

  3. Ajatashatru

  4. Bimbisara
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Explanation

Udayin founded the city of Pataliputra. Pāṭaliputra, modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Ajatashatru in 490 BC as a small fort near the River Ganges, and later the capital of the ancient Mahājanapadas kingdom of Magadha. Its key central location in north central India led rulers of successive dynasties to base their administrative capital here, from the Nandas, Mauryans, Sungas and the Guptas down to the Palas 

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