Question

Write four causes for the decline of mauryan empire

Answer 1

Shailendra Gautam has very described the decline of the Mauryan empire. After Ashoka the great, the successive rulers didn't have the capacity to rule such a large empire and it began to weaken and eventually ended. ... It happened with the Roman empires after the Ceasers.

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