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 […]

Northwestern frontier was already demarcated by Chandragupta Maurya  Asoka’s inscriptions mention the southernmost kingdoms- Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras and Keralaputras as border states. Therefore these states […]

About 261 BCE, Asoka became a Sakya Upasaka (lay disciple) and two and a half years later, a Bikshu (monk) He visited Bodhgaya, and organized […]

There is little information regarding the early life of Asoka. He acted as Governor of Ujjain and also suppressed a revolt in Taxila during his […]

Bindusara was called by the Greeks as “Amitragatha” meaning slayer of enemies He is said to have conquered the Deccan up to Mysore  The Sangam […]

Founder of the Mauryan empire  He captured Pataliputra from the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty, Dhanananda with the help of Kautilya, also known as […]

The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837 They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used […]

Significance- the political unity was achieved in India for the very first time with the foundation of the Mauryan empire   Kautilya’s Arthashastra   Written […]

Alexander’s Invasion of India (327-325 BCE)   Political Condition on the eve of Alexander’s invasion:   Alexander and Macedonia invaded India after 2 centuries of […]

  Persian Invasions   Cyrus (558-530 BCE)   Cyrus the Great was the greatest conqueror of the Achaemenid Empire He was the first conqueror who […]