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1. MAURYAN DYNASTY
( 322 B.C - 187 B.C )

2. PERIOD (322 B.C – 187 B.C)
• CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA = (322-298)B.C
• BINDUSARA = (298-273)B.C
• ASHOKA = (273-232)B.C
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3. CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA
( 322 B.C-298 B.C )
 Founder of maurya dynasty
 Origin from MAURYA TRIBE
 Assassinating the last king DHANA NANDHA, he
conquered india.
 Capital:PADALIPUTRA(patna)
 90%of india came under him

4. he is the only king TO COMBINE INDIAN SUB
CONTINENT
also called SANDROKUPTOS,SANDROKOTTOS,ANDROCOTTUS
also won selecus nicator,the commamdo of
alexander army,and brought
aria,arakosia,kedrosia under him
nicator also gifted him with 500 elephants
poet MEGASTHENES was also sent
 After the death of his wife he didn’t
marry till 40 years of age..
 Later he married greek princess
helena
CHANDRA GUPTA
MAURYA

5. CHAANAKYA
First chanakya belonged to nanda dynasty where
he was illtreated and thrown out of the empire by
dhana nandha ,in order to take revenge he trained
Chandra gupta maurya to defeat nanda dynasty.
He gave immunity creating medicines to Chandra
gupta maurya along with food in order to stout and
strengthen his body.
Unfortunately ,,that overdosed food was shared
between him and his wife DHURDHURA when she
was pregnant.
Chanakya in order to safeguard the heir of
mauryan dynasty tore dhudhura’s abdomen and
safeguarded BINDHUSARA.
o Also called koutilya,Vishnu
gupta
o Wrote ARTHA SHAASHTRA
o Greatly helped Chandra gupta
maurya to build mauryan
empire in india
o INDIAN MACHIAVILLIAN

6. CHANAKYA
 Wrote ARTHA SAASHTRA
 It is of 3 parts
 180 chapters
 15 books
 1st part: king,queen,kngdom
 2nd part: rights,crimis
 3rd part: war,success in politics

7. BINDUSARA
( 298 B.C-273 B.C )
 Son of Chandra gupta mauriya
 Father of the GREAT ASHOKA
 Also called AMITRA KAADHAN- killer of enemies
 In his period ashoka became the governor of
ujjaini
 He conquered till deccan ..

8. ASHOKA THE GREAT
( 273 B.C – 232 B.C )
 Also called DEVANAMPRIYA,PRIYADHARSHI
 Spouse:devi
 Children:mahendran,sanga Mithrai
 They both were sent to SRI LANKA to spread
BUDDHIDSM

9. ASHOKA THE GREAT
With help of buddhist monk UBAGUPTA or
MOGALIPUTTA DHISSA.HE joined buddhism.
CONDUCTED 3RD BUDDHACONFERENCEIN PATNA
After his death ,,a brahmin commander PUSHYA
MITRA SUNGAR killed the last mauryan king
PRAKRUDHAN and hosted the sunga dynasty in india.
 All his edicts were in BRAHMI
language which is a oldest writing.
 Won KALINGAWARin 261 b.c.
 In which, 1500 were killed,which
changed his mind to buddhism

10. LITERATURE IN HIS TIME..
1. Artha saashtra- CHANAKYA
2. Indica- MEGASTHENES
3. Mudra raachasam -VISAAGA THATHTHAR
4. Mahavamsam
5. Deepavamsam

11. ARCHEOLOGICAL SAMPLES
OF MAURYANEMPIRE
 Ashoka edits in rocks: 14 BIG ROCKS
 2 ROCKS in kalinga
 Ashoka edicts in pillars: 7 BIG PILLARS
 Ashoka edicts were found by JAMES PRINCEF from EAST INDIA COMPANY
 He converted them into PAULI and PRAKRIT language.
 edicts were in BRAHMI SCRIPT.
 ASHOKA’S VICTORY OVER KALINGA:13 TH ROCK EDICT
 ASHOKA’S DHARMA:7 TH PILLAR EDICT.