Question

13. Who gives a detailed description of the Mauryan army?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power based in Magadha and founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated the Indian subcontinent between 322 and 185 BCE. Comprising the majority of South Asia, the Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna).[6][7] The empire was the largest political entity that has ever existed in the Indian subcontinent, extending over 5 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) at its zenith under Ashoka.[8]Capital

Pataliputra

(Present-day Patna, Bihar)

Common languages

Magadhi Prakrit

Religion

Buddhism

Jainism

Ajivika

Hinduism

Government

Absolute monarchy, as described in Chanakya's Arthashastra

Emperor

• 322–298 BCE

Chandragupta

• 298–272 BCE

Bindusara

• 268–232 BCE

Ashoka

• 232–224 BCE

Dasharatha

• 224–215 BCE

Samprati

• 215–202 BCE

Shalishuka

• 202–195 BCE

Devavarman

• 195–187 BCE

Shatadhanvan

• 187–180 BCE

Brihadratha

Historical era

Iron Age

• Conquest of the Nanda Empire

323 BCE

• Assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Shunga

184 BCE

Area

• Total

5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi) (1st In India)

261 BCE[3]

3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)

250 BCE[4]

5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)

Population

• 261 BCE[5]

50 million

Currency

Panas

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mauryan army is the largest and powerful army of it's time under the mauryan king till Death of great king Ashoka

the army consists 6 lakhs foot soldiers,30,000 horsemen,9000 war elephant

In kalinga war mauryan army feel most damaged and lost of lives in all of war they fight but they won the war that's the power of mauryan army