Old Assyrian Empire which included the power to detain people and confiscate property. At the beginning of the reign of an Assyrian king, the limmu, an appointed royal official, would preside over the New Year festival at the capital city. The eponym dating system was a calendar system for Assyria, for a period of over one thousand years. Every year was associated with the name, an eponym, of the limmu, the individual holding office. The dating system is thought to have originated in the ancient city of Assur, and remained the official dating system in Assyria until the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Pataliputra capital the capital raises the possibility of simultaneous artistic influence and even the possibility that foreign artists were present in the capital. According to Boardman, such foreign influence on India was important, just as many other Old World empires have been influenced by foreign cultures as well: "The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity" John Boardman, Princeton University Press, 1993<br> "The Greeks in Asia" by John Boardman, Thames and Hudson, 2015 Online version Pataliputra capital The Pataliputra capital is a monumental rectangular capital with volutes and Classical Greek designs, that was discovered in the palace ruins of the ancient Mauryan Empire