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1 day ago · The Maurya Empire was established in the Magadha region under the leadership of Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. Chandragupta was taken to Taxila by Chanakya and was tutored about statecraft and governing.
1 day ago · Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya[a] (350–295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, which ruled over a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha. [6] He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. [7]
1 day ago · While legends suggest that Bindusara disliked Ashoka's ugly appearance, they also state that Bindusara gave him important responsibilities, such as suppressing a revolt in Takshashila (according to north Indian tradition) and governing Ujjain (according to Sri Lankan tradition).
3 days ago · Most of these traditions were preserved outside India in Sri Lanka, Central Asia, and China. Even after the edicts were deciphered, it was believed that they corroborated the assertions of the Buddhist sources, because in some of the edicts Ashoka avowed his personal support of Buddhism.
4 days ago · The Asokavadana is a text written in Sanskrit that brings together oral traditions about Ashoka’s reign that did not die out when the Mauryan Empire collapsed, but spread throughout India. and beyond its borders. This section relates an incident from Ashoka’s life after he converted to Buddhism.
2 days ago · While the Indus (or Harappan) civilization may be considered the culmination of a long process indigenous to the Indus valley, a number of parallels exist between developments on the Indus River and the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia.
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1 day ago · Sanjida Nourin JhinukThe Mauryan Empire is widely regarded as one of the most significant and prosperous empires in Indian history, representing a golden age
