Timeline of the Assyrian Empire in Ashur began deteriorating, Tukulti-Ninurta built a new capital city; Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta. He stretched the Assyrian Empire further south than before, conquering Dilmun, a "pre-Arab" civilisation of the Arabian Peninsula that encompassed modern Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the coastal regions of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. However, Tukulti-Ninurta's sons rebelled and besieged the ageing king in his capital. He was murdered and then succeeded by Ashur-nadin-apli (1206–1203 BC) who left the running of his empire to Assyrian regional governors such as Adad-bēl-gabbe. Another unstable period for Assyria followed, it was riven by periods of internal strife and the new king
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