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The taking of census was regular process in the Mauryan administration. The village heads (Gramika) and mayors (Nagarika) were responsible enumerating different classes of people in the Mauryan empire such as traders, agriculturists, smiths, potters, carpenters etc. and also cattle, mostly for taxation purposes.
The Maurya rule was a structured administration; Chandragupta had a council of ministers , with Chanakya was his chief minister. [146] [147] The empire was organised into territories , centres of regional power were protected with forts (durga), and state operations were funded with treasury (kosa). [148]
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. [4] The Mauryan Emperor was the monarchical head of state and wielded absolute rule over the empire.
Dasharatha presided over a declining imperium and several territories of the empire broke away from central rule during his reign. He had continued the religious and social policies of Ashoka. Dasharatha was the last Mauryan emperor to have issued imperial inscriptions—thus the last Mauryan emperor to be known from epigraphical sources.
Dhamma (Pali: धम्म, romanized: dhamma; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized: dharma) is a set of edicts that formed a policy of the 3rd Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great, who succeeded to the Mauryan throne in modern-day India around 269 B.C.E. [1] Ashoka is considered one of the greatest kings of ancient India for his policies of public welfare.
The edicts were based on Ashoka's ideas on administration and behavior of people towards one another and religion. ... The Mauryan Empire was the first Indian empire ...
Map of the Mughal Empire at its greatest extent, under Aurangzeb C.1707 [21]. The Mughal Empire has often been called the last golden age of India. [22] [23] It was founded in 1526 by Babur of the Barlas clan, after his victories at the First Battle of Panipat and the Battle of Khanwa, against the Delhi Sultanate and Rajput Confederation, respectively.
Mauryan remains of a wooden palisade discovered at the Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra Fa-Hien at the ruins of Ashoka's palace in Pataliputra in the 4th century CE (artist impression) Strabo in his Geographia adds that the city walls were made of wood. These are thought to be the wooden palisades identified during the excavation of Patna. [31]