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2 with an area of 5.000.000 sq m it was one of the world's largest empires of its
ever in the Indian subcontinent. The empire stretched to the north along the natura
he world's largest empires of its time and the largest
Himalayas, and to the east stretching into what is now Asam
tched to the north along the natural boundaries of the
To the west, it conquered beyond moderne
to the west
Pakistan annexing Balochistan, south eastem parts of Iran and much of what is now Afghanistan, induding
the moderni Herat and Kandahar provinces. The empire was expanded to teda's central and southem
reglans by the emperors Chandragupta and Bindusara, but it excluded a small portion of unexplored tribal
and forested regions near Kalinga (modem Odisha), till it was conquered by Ashoka Its decline began
60 years after Ashoka's rule ended, and it got dissolved in 185 BCE with the foundation of the Sunga.
dynasty in Magadha.
Under Chandragupta, the Mauryan empire conquered the trans Indus region, which was under Macedonian
rule Chandragupta then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's army
Under Chandragupta and his successors, internal and external trade, agriculture and economic activities,
all thrived and expanded across India, thanks to the creation of a single and efficient system of finance,
administration, and security
4. After the Kahaga War, the empire experienced half a century of peace and security under Ashoka India
under the Mauryan rule also enjoyed an era of social harmony, religious transformation, and expansion of
science and knowledge Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal
and reform across his society, while Ashoka Sembrace of Buddhism has been said to be the foundation of
the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India, Ashoka sponsored the spread of
Buddhist ideals into Sri Lanka, South East Asia, West Asia and Mediterranean Europe,
5. The population of the Mauryan empire has been estimated to be about 50-60 million making the empire
one of the most populous empires of the time Archaeologically, the period of Mauryan rule in South
Asia falls into the era of Northern Black Polished Ware. The Arthashastra and the edicts of Ashoka are the
primary sources of written records of the Mauryan times. The Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, has been
made the national emblem of India.
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