Patna

(pat'nah.) a large and prosperous city of Brit. India, C. of ad ist. of same name, in pres. Bengal, 300 m. N.W. of Calcutta; N. Lat. 25° 37', E. Lon. 85°15'. This was the earliest commercial depot of the English East India Company. Pop, 284,132. [s. 689]