Give any two point to reduce the importance of mauryan empire
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The first three Maurya Emperors were men of exceptional abilities. As heroes, conquerors, and administrators, they were indeed great. But, heredity in succession does not guarantee ability in character for all time or all successors to follow. Asoka’s sons and grandsons did not prove themselves worthy of the Great Mauryas.
Asoka’s sceptre, it is said, was like the bow of Ulysses which could not be drawn by weaker hands. It is also said that he was succeeded by a progeny of pygmies whose “shoulders were not fit to bear the weight of his mighty monarchy.” As long that great Emperor ruled, the empire having risen from glory to glory, maintained its vitality to its best. But no sooner he closed his eyes, his weak successors showed no ability to preserve the fabric of the empire.
The weakness of the later Mauryas is established by the fact that the Puranic and other literary sources do not show agreement regarding the order of succession or the names of Asoka’s successors. Different sources, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina, give confusing accounts of these rulers. While the Vayu Purana says that Kunala ruled for eight years, the Jaina and Buddhist sources say that it was Samprati, the son of Kunala, who succeeded to the throne immediately after Asoka. If Asoka’s son Kunala was blind, he was clearly incapable of ruling, and that might have created a difficult situation. Monarchy always suffered from dynastic tragedy whenever a weak or invalid son stood on the line of succession.
If Asoka’s another son Jalauka ruled over Kashmir, as described in the Kashmir Chronicle, it clearly indicates that no single son of Asoka was capable of ruling over the entire Maurya Empire. That proves the weakness of the later Mauryas. It is not known what happened to Asoka’s another son by Queen Karuvaki, Tivara, and if he was strong or weak to succeed to the Maurya throne.
Much less is known about Asoka’s grandsons except confusing accounts of their existence. The names of several Maurya princes are mentioned in various literary sources. One of these princes was Dasaratha who left three inscriptions on the Nagarjuni hills near Gaya, inscribing his gift of three rock-cut caves to the Ajivika monks. It is evident that the empire disintegrated soon after Asoka’s death without having a strong monarch to keep it together.
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