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Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia with its power base in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya around c. 320 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. The primary sources for the written records of the Mauryan times are partial records of the lost history of Megasthenes in Roman texts of…

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250 BCE (high-end estimate of peak area)
5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)
261 BCE (low-end estimate of peak area)
3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)
Capital
Pataliputra (near present-day Patna)
Common languages
Magadhi Prakrit (vernacular) likely Sanskrit (literary)
Currency
Karshapana
Government
Monarchy

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Maurya Empire

Nodes289
Edges288
Triples98
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00692
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Maurya Empire

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related to Chandragupta Maurya · 14
Maurya Empire → Buddhist, Chandragupta Maurya, Greek, Greeks, Gupta-era, However, Indian, Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, Mauryas, Mudrarakshasa, Nanda, Nanda Empire, The, Vishakhadatta
related to Network of core areas and trade routes · 13
Maurya Empire → Andhra Pradesh, Ashoka's, Controlling, Even, Inscriptions, Kerala, Kulke, Maharashtra, Maurya, Mauryan, Monica Smith, Rothermunf, Tamil Nadu
related to Local government · 11
Maurya Empire → Gramika, Indian, Maurya, Mauryan, Megasthenes, Nagarika, Pataliputra, Some, Taxila, The, These
Religion · 5
Maurya Empire → Ajivikism[h], Brahmanism[e], Buddhism[g], Greek polytheism Zoroastrianism, Jainism[f]
250 BCE (high-end estimate of peak area) · 1
Maurya Empire → 5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)
261 BCE (low-end estimate of peak area) · 1
Maurya Empire → 3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)
Capital · 1
Maurya Empire → Pataliputra (near present-day Patna)
Common languages · 1
Maurya Empire → Magadhi Prakrit (vernacular) likely Sanskrit (literary)
Currency · 1
Maurya Empire → Karshapana
Government · 1
Maurya Empire → Monarchy

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ashoka empire mauryan maurya chandragupta bce greek india also buddhist bindusara edicts buddhism south nanda according sources king ashoka's capital

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Maurya Empire250 BCE (high-end estimate of peak area)5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire261 BCE (low-end estimate of peak area)3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireCapitalPataliputra (near present-day Patna)1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireCommon languagesMagadhi Prakrit (vernacular) likely Sanskrit (literary)1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireCurrencyKarshapana1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireGovernmentMonarchy1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireHistorical eraIron Age1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireReligionBrahmanism[e]1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireReligionJainism[f]1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireReligionBuddhism[g]1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireReligionAjivikism[h]1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireReligionGreek polytheism Zoroastrianism1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireStatusEmpire1.00infobox
Maurya EmpireToday part ofSouth Asia1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 187–185 BCEBrihadratha (ninth & last)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 195–187 BCEShatadhanvan (eighth)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 202–195 BCEDevavarman (seventh)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 215–202 BCEShalishuka (sixth)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 224–215 BCESamprati (fifth)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 232–224 BCEDasharatha (fourth)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 268–232 BCEAshoka (third)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 298–272 BCEBindusara (second)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• 3rd century BC15,000,000–30,000,0001.00infobox
Maurya Empire• Assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Shunga185 BCE1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• ca. 321–298 BCEChandragupta (first)1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• Kalinga War261 BCE1.00infobox
Maurya Empire• Nanda-Mauryan Warca. 321 BCE1.00infobox

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