Impact of the mauryan empire and its decline
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Answer:The decline of the Maurya Dynasty was rather rapid after the death of Ashoka/Asoka. One obvious reason for it was the succession of weak kings. Another immediate cause was the partition of the Empire into two. ... Mauryan Empire began to decline after the death of Ashoka in 232 BC
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Within fifty years of Ashoka’s death in 232 B.C, the great Mauryan Empire broke down because of the following reasons:
i. Weak successors of Ashoka failed to cope with the administration.
ii. Mutual rivalries among the successors due to lack of laws of succession.
iii. The vastness of the empire was not within the control of Ashoka’s weak
and inefficient successors.
iv. The distance from the central capital (Pataliputra) encouraged the
provincial governors to behave independently.
v. King Brihadratha was the last king of the Mauryan dynasty. He was
killed by his army chief Pushyamitra Sunga
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