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 […]