The Mauryas and the Guptas established here:
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The Mauryan Emperors even established their supremacy over lands beyond the natural borders of India. With the attainment of the political unity the chronology also becomes precise.
The Mauryas provided a uniform system of administration which has earned the admiration of even modern writers for its efficiency. This uniformity of administration under Chandra Gupta and his successors also brought in its train the cultural unity of the country.
The Mauryas also established political and cultural contacts with other rulers like Seleucus and Antiochus of Syria, Ptolemy of Egypt, Antigone’s of Macedonia, Tissa of Ceylon as well as the rulers’ of Nepal. Under them the Indian culture spread to the foreign lands and India became the cultural ambassador of the world
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But three centuries later, the Gupta Empire emerged in the same region. Sri Gupta founded this empire between 240 and 280 CE. His successors expanded their territory through conquest and marriage. ... Like Ashoka, Chandragupta II made Pataliputra the capital of his empire and centralized the government there.
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Sri Gupta founded the Gupta Empire c. 240-280 CE, and was succeeded by his son, Ghatotkacha, c. 280-319 CE, followed by Ghatotkacha's son, Chandragupta, c. 319-335 CE.
While the Mauryan leaders eventually became Buddhists themselves and Gupta rulers remained Hindu, both tolerated the practice of many religions throughout their lands. Both empires were governed by a strong central bureaucracy that answered to the emperor. ... Class structure was also similar in both empires.
The Maurya empire was governed by powerful emperors who established an elaborate bureaucracy, levied extensive taxes and exercised direct control over the villages within its territories. Under the Gupta, villages were governed by their own headmen and the central government did not seek to impose direct control.