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