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Mauryan Empire
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321-185 B.C.
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9th grade
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Anthony Wickett
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Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta
inspired by Alexander the Great.
unified northern India
Defeated Persian Gneral Seleucus
Divided empire into provinces and then districts for tax assessments and law enforcements
had effective civil service
grandson was ashoka
Ashoka
Lead empire to its peak.
He spread buddhism around India.
Has pillars with edicts on it which promoted buddhist ideals.
Stupas built in his honor.
Expected subjects to be moral. Filial piety.
Civil service bureaucracy.
Had trade routes.traded.
Battle of Kalinga
occurred in 262 BCE. Kalinga vs. Mauryan.
Super bloody war.
It was when buddhism converged.
Rejected further conquest.
Built hospitals, wells, and sponsored art.
Ashoka conquered Kalinga and added it to his empire.
Eddicts of ashoka
collection of 33 inscriptions on pillars written in Sanskrit
lion statue sits above each pillar
explains ashoka’s belief of Dharma (earnest attempt to solve problems of society)
Shows Ashoka’s adherence to buddhist philosophy
He developed buddhist dharma through kingdom
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