What were the causes for the decline of mauryan empire?
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Answer:
The decline of the Mauryan empire mainly caused because
*Of the weaker rulers after Ashoka's period.
*The assassin of the last Mauryan emperor by the founder of Sunga dynasty
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