Question

what are possible reason foe decline of mauryan empire

Answer 1

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.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Decline of the Mauryan Empire :-

✴After the death of Ashok in 232 BCE the Mauryan rulers continued to rule for about another half a century.

✴The disorder that emerged in the administrative machinery after his death is regarded as one of the factors for the disintegration of the Mauryan Empire

The reasons were -

Ashok was succeeded by weak and inefficient rulers

The vastness of the empire made it difficult to control the far flung territories

The provincial viceroys took advantage of thr absence of a strong central authority and declared their independence.

The enormous expenditure of maintaining a large army drained the treasury