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TAJIKISTAN AJIKISTAN
INDIA was a brave and peace loving
EMPIRE OF king. He looked after the welfare
Herat Shahbazgarhi
Kabul CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
Ceded by Seleucus to Mansera of his people well and
Chandergupta Maurya (321-297 BC)
Purushpur Srinagar
AFGHANISTAN Taxila H maintained friendly relations with
IRAN Kandahar I M C H I N A his neighbouring countries.
A During his reign, the empire
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A S extended southward. He
PAKISTAN Meerut
NE Y U N T A I N
Indraprastha conquered 16 states and
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A
Mathura M O BHUTAN
extended the empire from sea to
Bairat MAGADHA
Pataliputra sea. The empire included whole
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i Gaya BAN
Tropc of a ce r of India except Kalinga and Tamil
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Ujjain Sanchi Rupnath
Tamralipti kingdoms of south. He
SAURASHTRA
Dwarka
Girnar I N D I A MYANMAR maintained his vast empire in
order.
Surparka
A R A B I A N GA B AY
S E A KALIN O F ASHOKA THE GREAT
Muski B E N G A L (272 BC TO 232 BC)
Kopbal
Ashoka is one of the most
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popular rulers of ancient India.
Extent of Empire He was born in about 302 BC.
K
A E RALA PUTR CHOLAS (INDIA) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS During Bindusara’s rule, he
PANDYAS served as the kumara (governor)
(INDIA)
of Taxila and Ujjain. He got
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valuable experience in
I N D I A N O C E A N
administration as the kumara and
Empire of Chandragupta Maurya this experience served him well
with Kautilya’s Arthashastra, is the main source of when he became the emperor. He ascended the
information during this time. Chandragupta drew throne in 272 BC, but his coronation took place
inspiration from Kautilya, who motivated him to about four years later in 269 BC. This was perhaps
look after the welfare of his subjects. He writes in due to the war of succession
his book : “The happiness of his subjects is the that he fought with his
happiness of the King, the good of his subjects is brothers. He defeated his
his good. What pleases him is not good for the elder brother Susima and
King but what pleases his subjects is .” earned the title of Devanam
Priya (the beloved of the
The extent of Chandragupta’s empire was from gods). He was called
Bengal in the east to Hindu Kush in the north-west Priyadarshi (handsome Ashoka
and from the Himalayas in the north to the
looking).
Narmada in the south. It was for the first time that
most part of India came under one rule. His
capital was at Patliputra. This is the reason that he
is called the first emperor.

BINDUSARA (297 BC TO 272 BC)

Chandragupta was succeeded by his son
Bindusara. He ascended the throne in 297 BC. He
A rock edict Ashokan Pillar at Sarnath
The First Empire
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