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The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia with its power base in Magadha.Founded by Chandragupta Maurya around c. 320 BCE [h] it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE.
Chandragupta Maurya [d] (reigned c. 320 BCE [e] – c. 298 BCE) [f] was the founder of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar). His rise to power began in the period of unrest and local warfare that arose after Alexander the Great 's Indian campaign and early death in 323 BCE, although the exact chronology and sequence of events ...
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.
The Gupta Empire under Chandragupta II (375–415). The period between the 4th and 6th centuries CE is known as the Golden Age of India because of the considerable achievements that were made in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, science, religion, and philosophy, during the Gupta Empire.
The empire seems to have weakened, fragmented, and suffered an invasion from the Bactrian Greeks. [139] Some historians, such as H. C. Raychaudhuri, have argued that Ashoka's pacifism undermined the "military backbone" of the Maurya empire.
Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across his empire. The Maurya Empire would collapse in 185 BCE, on the ...
Magadha kingdom coin, c. 430 –320 BCE, Karshapana Magadha kingdom coin, c. 350 BCE, Karshapana Chandragupta Maurya period Karshapana coin, circa 315-310 B.C. [16] According to Indologist Johannes Bronkhorst, the culture of Magadha was in fundamental ways different from the Vedic kingdoms of the Indo-Aryans.
According to legendary narratives, [a] preserved in various traditions dating from the 4th to 11th century CE, Chanakya (ISO: Cāṇakya, pronunciation ⓘ) was a Brahmin who assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power and the establishment of the Maurya Empire.