June 26th, 2009 
Aman Maurya Empire: The most powerful empire in the history of ancient India was Maurya’s. Mauryan Dynasty ruled on India from 321 t 185 BC. The origin of Maurya Empire was in the Indo-Gangetic plains, which was kingdom of Magadha which is the modern Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bengal. The capital of Maurya Empire was Pataliputra which is the modern Patna. The founder of Maurya Empire Chandragupta Maurya was found Empire in 322 BC. He defeated Nanda Dynasty and ruled over central and western India. The empire had fully established his majesty on the Northwestern India by 320 BC. At its great extent, he stretched north and east area which is modern Assam. In the west side he reached beside modern Pakistan. The empire was the one of the largest empire ruled over ancient India. The empire was dissolved with the foundation of Sunga Dynasty in 185 BC. The empire rule came into its end after fifty year of Ashoka’s rule. Magadha Defeat: To take over rule on Magadha, Chanakya encouraged Chandragupta and his army. Chanakya was a very intelligent professor and had wide network. Chandragupta used his network and gathered many young men from across Magadha and other provinces. They also encouraged Nanda Dynasty men to fight against their cruel emperor King Dhana. The people of Nanda Dynasty were very upset with their emperor. So they were ready to fight against him. The men included in the war against Magadha were former general of Taxila, students of Chanakya and the rulers of small state. Chandragupta achievements: Under his ruling period, agriculture and economics activities expanded across India. He defeated trans-Indus region under Macedonian. Seleucus I, an Alexander’s army general attacked on Chandragupta but he defeated him. He established a centralized state with administration of Pataliputra. He was the much disciplined nature personality. He lived a simple and honest life during his administration. He did not know how to write. Ashoka the Great: The grandson of Chandragupta was Ashokavardhan Maurya. He was better known as Ashoka the great was a brilliant commander. He was ambitious and aggressive ruler but he proved his sincerity by defeating Kalinga. This was a pivotal war in the history of ancient India. Near about 100,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in this war. Out of which about 10,000 were Ashoka’s own men. There were many people and families which were affected badly during this [...]
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