Causes for the decline of the Mauryas
The traditional approach attributes the decline to Asoka’s policies and his weak successors Another approach holds the inadequate political and economic institutions to sustain such […]
The traditional approach attributes the decline to Asoka’s policies and his weak successors Another approach holds the inadequate political and economic institutions to sustain such […]
The monuments before the period of Asoka were mostly made of wood and therefore perished The use of stone started from the time of Asoka […]
The Mauryan empire was divided into four provinces with their capitals at Taxila, Ujjain, Suvarnagiri and Kalinga The provincial governors were mostly appointed from the […]
The taking of Census was regular during the Mauryan period The village officials were to number the people along with other details like their caste […]
Kautilya mentions the existence of both civil and criminal courts Dharmadhikari: the chief justice of the Supreme Court at the capital There were also subordinate […]
Army was well organized and it was under the control of Senapati The salaries were paid in cash. Kautilya refers to the salaries of different […]
Samharta: chief of the revenue department, was in charge of the collection of all revenues of the empire Sources: the revenues came from land, […]
The ascendancy of the Mauryas had resulted in the triumph of monarchy in India Kautilya supported the monarchical form of government, he did not stand […]
Asoka was “the greatest of kings” surpassing Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar and other renowned Emperors of the world His dhamma is so universal […]
His policy of dhamma was a still broad concept with elaboration of a way of life, signifies a general code of conduct and a set […]