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Description: This is based on the map provided on p. 69 of Kulke, H.; Rothermund, D. (2004), A History of India, 4th, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-32920-0. According to the authors, the empty areas within the boundaries of the empire were the "autonomous and free tribes".
The empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasted until 185 BCE. The Mauryan Empire was the first pan-Indian empire. At its height, the empire covered most of the Indian subcontinent. [3] The Mauryan Emperor was the monarchical head of state and wielded absolute rule over the empire.
According to Tim Dyson, the period of the Mauryan Empire saw the consolidation of caste among the Indo-Aryan people who had settled in the Gangetic plain, increasingly meeting tribal people who were incorporated into their evolving caste-system, and the declining rights of women in the Indo-Aryan speaking regions of India, though "these ...
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Based on these, Chandragupta's empire was extensive, [1] [4] [5] here conceptualized at c. 303 BCE as a network of core areas and trade- and communication-networks. [a] [b] Traditional representation of extent of Chandragupta Maurya's empire c. 303 BCE, as a solid mass of territory. [c] [b] Some maps include all of Gedrosia, e.g., south-east Iran.
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An ancient statue of Shiva and Parvati found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa dated to the Mauryan era. Mauryan rule began with Chandragupta Maurya displacing the Nanda Empire, establishing the Mauryan Empire. A while after, Alexander's general Seleucus had attempted to once again invade the subcontinent from the Khyber pass hoping to take lands that ...