Question

Write about one feature of administration that in the long run caused kingdom to break up

Answer 1

Answer:

here is one of the cause for the the Downfall of the Maurya Empire – Explained!

Explanation:

- Weak Successors of Asoka:

The first three Maurya Emperors were men of exceptional abilities. As heroes, conquerors, and administrators, they were indeed great. But, heredity in succession does not guarantee ability in character for all time or all successors to follow. Asoka’s sons and grandsons did not prove themselves worthy of the Great Mauryas.

Asoka’s sceptre, it is said, was like the bow of Ulysses which could not be drawn by weaker hands. It is also said that he was succeeded by a progeny of pygmies whose “shoulders were not fit to bear the weight of his mighty monarchy.” As long that great Emperor ruled, the empire having risen from glory to glory, maintained its vitality to its best. But no sooner he closed his eyes, his weak successors showed no ability to preserve the fabric of the empire.

The weakness of the later Mauryas is established by the fact that the Puranic and other literary sources do not show agreement regarding the order of succession or the names of Asoka’s successors. Different sources, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina, give confusing accounts of these rulers. While the Vayu Purana says that Kunala ruled for eight years, the Jaina and Buddhist sources say that it was Samprati, the son of Kunala, who succeeded to the throne immediately after Asoka. If Asoka’s son Kunala was blind, he was clearly incapable of ruling, and that might have created a difficult situation. Monarchy always suffered from dynastic tragedy whenever a weak or invalid son stood on the line of succession.

If Asoka’s another son Jalauka ruled over Kashmir, as described in the Kashmir Chronicle, it clearly indicates that no single son of Asoka was capable of ruling over the entire Maurya Empire. That proves the weakness of the later Mauryas. It is not known what happened to Asoka’s another son by Queen Karuvaki, Tivara, and if he was strong or weak to succeed to the Maurya throne.

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Answer 2

The one feature of administration that in the long run caused kingdom to break up was not being able to find a successful heir to throne who was capable enough to take the Kingdom forward.

Explanation:

• A good example is the the break up of the Mauryan empire after Ashoka. He was succeeded by his grandson Dasharatha Maurya who was not an able leader like Ashoka.
• None of Ashoka's sons could ascend the throne since after him his first born was Mahendra who was involved in spreading Buddhism in the world. None of the other sons were capable enough and the   empire lost many territories.
• The Mauyans slowly  lost many territories and Brihadratha Maurya, was killed by his general Pushyamitra Shunga in a military parade in 180 BCE without any heir. He was the last of the Mauryan Kings and the great Maurya empire ended and they were followed by the Shunga Empire.

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