Pataliputra, which in different contexts has been referred to as Pataligrama, Pushpapur, Kusumpur, Kusumavati, Palibothra, Azimabad etc., due to its especial geographical position remained the nucleus of economic and political activities in Indian sub continent for centuries. Moreover the place has got the honour of being the capital of the India which in west was extended up to Saurashtra, in east up to Kalinga, in north up to the Himalayas, in south up to Mysore and in north-west up to Hindukush.