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 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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Female figure with hair ornaments, terracotta, 200-250 BCE.

Female figure holding a fan, Kausambi, terracotta, 200 BCE

Female figure holding a fan, Kausambi, 200 BCE

Ashoka Empire

1895 excavation plan at Pataliputra

Mauryan remains of wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASIEC 1912-13

Empire of the third Mauryan ruler Ashoka the Great, circa. 250 BCE

The Empire of Asoka 250 B.C. from page 105 of personal copy of Oxford History of India, volume I, Ancient and Hindu India,, 1920. ~~~~

Mauryan remains of a wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASI 1926-27

Mauryan Empire Map

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	185	Demetrius I's invasion of India	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Maurya empire, invasion, Shunga Empire	Wikidata
event	war	261	Kalinga War	war, Ashoka, Maurya empire, Kalinga	Wikidata
event	war	304	Seleucid–Mauryan War	war, Seleucid Empire, Maurya empire	Wikidata
event	war	325	Indo-Greek wars	Maurya empire, Seleucid Empire, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Shunga Empire, Kalinga, series of wars, Macedonian Empire, Pauravas, Aśvakas	Wikidata
commons	image		Female figure with hair ornaments, terracotta, 200-250 BCE.		Commons
commons	image		Female figure holding a fan, Kausambi, terracotta, 200 BCE		Commons
commons	image		Female figure holding a fan, Kausambi, 200 BCE		Commons
commons	image		Ashoka Empire		Commons
commons	image		1895 excavation plan at Pataliputra		Commons
commons	image		Mauryan remains of wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASIEC 1912-13		Commons
commons	image		Empire of the third Mauryan ruler Ashoka the Great, circa. 250 BCE		Commons
commons	image		[[:File:Asokas realm Vincent Smith 1920.jpg|The Empire of Asoka 250 B.C. from page 105 of personal copy of Oxford History of India, volume I, Ancient and Hindu India,, 1920. ~~~~]]		Commons
commons	image		Mauryan remains of a wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra ASI 1926-27		Commons
commons	image		Mauryan Empire Map		Commons