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The Maurya Empire (c. 322–185 BCE) was an ancient Indian empire. 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 ...
A map showing the north western border of Maurya Empire, including its various neighboring states. Seleucus I Nicator , the Macedonian satrap of the Asian portion of Alexander's former empire, conquered and put under his own authority eastern territories as far as Bactria and the Indus ( Appian , History of Rome , The Syrian Wars 55), until in ...
The Maurya dynasty was the sixth and greatest ruling house of Magadha. Chandragupta Maurya founded this dynasty with help of his mentor and grand advisor Chanakya in 322 BCE after organizing a large army and overthrowing King Dhana Nanda. This dynasty lasted for 138 years, ruling Magadha from 322 to 184 BCE.
Chandragupta Maurya [d] (reigned c. 320 – c. 298 BCE) [e] was the founder of the Maurya Empire and dynasty, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar). His rise to power began after the death of Alexander in 323 BCE, when at ca. 317 BCE [ f ] he raised an army to resist the Greeks following a period of unrest and local warfare, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ...
The name "A-shoka" literally means "without sorrow". According to an Ashokavadana legend, his mother gave him this name because his birth removed her sorrows. [29] The name Priyadasi is associated with Ashoka in the 3rd–4th century CE Dipavamsa. [30] [31] The term literally means "he who regards amiably", or "of gracious mien" (Sanskrit ...
He shifted his capital from Rajgriha to Pataliputra due to the latter's central location in the empire. [ citation needed ] It became the capital of major powers in ancient India, such as the Shishunaga Empire ( c. 413 –345 BCE), Nanda Empire ( c. 460 or 420 – c. 325 BCE ), the Maurya Empire ( c. 320 –180 BCE), the Gupta Empire ( c. 320 ...
Nanda Kingdom (5th or 4th century–322 BC) (it emerged when the Nanda dynasty dethroned the Shaishunaga dynasty in the Magadha Kingdom, one of the 16 Mahajanapadas, who then sought to conquer and unify today's northern India) Maurya Empire (322–185 BC)(The empire was founded when Chandragupta Maurya dethroned the last king of the Nanda ...
In 321 BC, exiled general Chandragupta Maurya, with the help of Chanakya, founded the Maurya dynasty after overthrowing the reigning Nanda king Dhana Nanda to establish the Maurya Empire. The Maurya Empire (322–185 BC), ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was geographically extensive, powerful and a political-military empire in ancient India ...