It was renamed Azimabad in 1704 in honor of a grandson of Aurangzeb.  
It was renamed Azimabad in 1704 in honor of a grandson of Aurangzeb.  Earlier, it had been made a capital city by Udaya, the son of the possibly psychotic king named Ajatashatru who founded it.  The most important empire to rule from this city was weakened by the White Huns before they were finally destroyed by Harsha, who drove them out of Magadha.  It was the capital of a kingdom founded by Pushyamitra, the Sunga Empire, but is better known as a capital which was remade in stone around 270 BC by Asoka.  FTP, name this capital of the modern-day state of Bihar, which was also the capital of the Gupta Empire.
It was renamed Azimabad in 1704 in honor of a grandson of Aurangzeb.  
Pataliputra (accept Patna)