Note 11 — Chapter XXVII · PATALIPUTTRA OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA. KING ASOKA’S SPIRIT-BUILT PALACE AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, RADHA-SAMI. DISPENSARIES AND HOSPITALS.
James Legge translation
(11) We know nothing more of Ne-le. It could only have been a small place; an outpost for the defence of Pataliputtra.