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Maurya empire
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The Maurya Empire was an ancient Indian empire that ruled from 322 to 184 BCE, making it one of the largest and most powerful states of its time. It matters historically because it unified much of the Indian subcontinent under a single government and laid important foundations for Indian civilization, culture, and administration that influenced the region for centuries.
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- Instance of
- historical country
- Official name
- मौर्यसाम्राज्यम्
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Patna
- Official language
- Prakrit
- Population
- 40000000
- Area
- 5000000
- Head of government
- Brihadratha Maurya
- Form of government
- absolute monarchy
- Founded by
- Chandragupta Maurya
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- Commons category
- Mauryan Empire
- topic's main category
- Category:Maurya Empire
- inception
- 0322-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0185-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- replaced by
- Shunga Empire
- replaces
- Mahajanapada
- language used
- Magadhi Prakrit
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- official religion
- Jainism
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofSouth Asia
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 several centuries later; and the Edicts of Ashoka. Archaeologically, the period of Mauryan rule in South Asia falls into the era of Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW).
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