Maurya Empire
About Maurya Empire
The first pan-Indian empire, founded by Chandragupta with help from his advisor Chanakya. Ashoka the Great converted to Buddhism after the bloody conquest of Kalinga. His edicts on tolerance and non-violence were carved across India. Arthashastras political treatise influenced governance for millennia. Collapsed about 50 years after Ashokas death.
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