Maurya Empire, conceptualized as a network of core regions connected by networks of communication and trade, with large areas with peripheral or no Maurya control. [a] The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia with its power base in Magadha.

Mauryan empire, in ancient India, a state centered at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges rivers. It lasted from 321 to 185 BCE. It was succeeded by the Shunga dynasty, which ruled in central India for approximately a century.

2016年10月6日 · The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE) supplanted the earlier Magadha Kingdom to assume power over large tracts of eastern and northern India. At its height, the empire stretched over parts of modern Iran and almost the entire Indian subcontinent, barring only the southern peninsular tip.

2022年4月7日 · Spanning from around 321 BC to 185 BC, the Maurya Empire was the second Magadha dynasty. With its cultural and political hub at Pataliputra, the Mauryan Empire attained so many feats. For starters, it is most known as the …

The Mauryan Empire was the first pan-Indian empire. At its height, the empire covered most of the Indian subcontinent. [3] The Mauryan Emperor was the monarchical head of state and wielded absolute rule over the empire.

2018年6月26日 · Founded by Chandragupta Maurya, the Mauryan Empire dominated ancient India from 322 BCE to 187 BCE. It became one of the largest empires of its time. The capital city of the empire was at Pataliputra (now Patna,) and the empire extended across Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic Plan towards the east.

2023年10月19日 · The Mauryan Empire, which formed around 321 B.C.E. and ended in 185 B.C.E., was the first pan-Indian empire, an empire that covered most of the Indian region. It spanned across central and northern India as well as over parts of modern-day Iran.

The Mauryan empire marks a watershed juncture in Indian history. For the first time in India's history, a large portion of the subcontinent, extending up to the far northwest, was ruled by a single supreme power.

The Mauryan Empire was a empire in South Asia, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasting until 185 BCE. It was centralized through the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, with its capital in Pataliputra (modern Patna).

The expansion of two kingdoms in the northeast laid the groundwork for the emergence of India’s first empire, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty (ca. 321–185 B.C.).