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Mauryan Period: Soham Kumthekar Class VI, Riverdale High School
Mauryan Period: Soham Kumthekar Class VI, Riverdale High School
Mauryan Period: Soham Kumthekar Class VI, Riverdale High School
Soham Kumthekar
Class VI, Riverdale High School
Chandragupta:
Kautilya
Chandraguptas advisor.
Brahmin caste.
Ashokas
Empire
One of
Ashokas
Stupas
Timeline
322 BC : Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire.
301-269 BC : Reign of Bindusara, Chandragupta's son. He
conquers parts of Deccan, southern India.
269-232 BC : The Maurya Empire reaches its height under
Ashoka, Chandragupta's grandson.
261 BC : Ashoka conquers the kingdom of Kalinga.
250 BC : Ashoka builds Buddhist stupas and erects pillars
bering inscriptions.
184 BC :The empire collapses when Brihadnatha, the last
emperor, is killed by a rival dynasty.
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