Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Lucknow: National Law University

Dr. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW HISTORY PROJECT ON

THE MAURYAN DYNASTY (ROUGH DRAFT) Submitted To: Mrs. Vandana Singh

Submitted By: JAYANT KUMAR B.A.LL.B (Hons).

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INTRODUCTION CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA. BINDUSARA ASHOKA DECLINE OF MAURYAN EMPIRE. SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF MAURYAN EMPIRE. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MAURYAN EMPIRE. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS OF MAURYAN EMPIRE CONCLUSION BIBLOGRAPHY

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INTRODUCTION

THE MAURYAN empire was the first and one of the greatest empires that were established on Indian soil. The vast Mauryan Empire stretching from the valley of the Oxus to the delta of Kaveri was given a well-knit, common administration. Chandragupta Maurya was the first ruler who unified entire India under one political unit. About Mauryan rulers we have epigraphical sources, literary sources, foreign accounts and materials obtained from archaeological excavations. The Arthashastra gives us detailed information about the administrative system of the Mauryan Empire. The work was written by Kautilya who is also known as Chanakya. Some scholars think that Kautilya was the real architect of the Mauryan Empire and was also the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya. Megasthenese, the Greek ambassador from the court of Seleucus to that of Chandragupta Maurya, wrote accounts of India and Indian people. His book Indica is lost but some fragments of it are known to us in the form of quotations in the works of the later Greek writers. Despite some discrepancies and inaccuracies in the information provided by Megasthenese it is, nevertheless, an useful source. However, the most important and authentic source for the history of Mauryan period is provided by the inscriptions of Ashoka.

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