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The traditional approach attributes the decline to Asoka’s policies and his weak successors  Another approach holds the inadequate political...

The monuments before the period of Asoka were mostly made of wood and therefore perished  The use of stone...

The Mauryan empire was divided into four provinces with their capitals at Taxila, Ujjain, Suvarnagiri and Kalinga The provincial...

The taking of Census was regular during the Mauryan period  The village officials were to number the people along...

Kautilya mentions the existence of both civil and criminal courts Dharmadhikari: the chief justice of the Supreme Court at...

Army was well organized and it was under the control of Senapati The salaries were paid in cash. Kautilya...

  Samharta: chief of the revenue department, was in charge of the collection of all revenues of the empire ...

The ascendancy of the Mauryas had resulted in the triumph of monarchy in India Kautilya supported the monarchical form...

Asoka was “the greatest of kings” surpassing Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar and other renowned Emperors of the...

His policy of dhamma was a still broad concept with elaboration of a way of life, signifies a general...