Maurya Empire

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ancient empire historical state

The Maurya Empire was an ancient Indian dynasty, founded by Chandragupta Maurya and reaching its zenith under Ashoka, that unified much of the Indian subcontinent and played a pivotal role in the spread of Buddhism.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Maurya Empire (partly) 1
Maurya dynasty 1
Maurya period 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient empire ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
administrativeDivision provinces ⓘ
advisor Chanakya ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maurya Empire ⓘ
surface form: Mauryan Empire
capital Pataliputra ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country ancient India ⓘ
surface form: Ancient India
culturalInfluence spread of Buddhism to Central Asia ⓘ
spread of Buddhism to Southeast Asia ⓘ
spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ
currency punch-marked coins ⓘ
diplomaticRelationsWith Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endDate c. 185 BCE ⓘ
era ancient India ⓘ
surface form: Classical India
expandedUnder Ashoka ⓘ
Bindusara ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
followedBy Shunga Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
founder Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
importantCity Suvarnagiri ⓘ
Taxila ⓘ
Ujjain ⓘ
knownFor centralized administration ⓘ
extensive road network ⓘ
large standing army ⓘ
rock and pillar edicts ⓘ
spread of Buddhism ⓘ
unification of much of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
language Prakrit ⓘ
legalSystem Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: edicts of Ashoka
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
majorBattle Kalinga War ⓘ
notableRuler Ashoka ⓘ
Bindusara ⓘ
Brihadratha Maurya ⓘ
Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ
Dasharatha Maurya ⓘ
peakReign reign of Ashoka ⓘ
precededBy Nanda Empire ⓘ
reachedZenithUnder Ashoka ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
script Brahmi script ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form: Kharosthi script
startDate c. 322 BCE ⓘ
territoryIncludes Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form: Gandhara

Kalinga ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ
parts of present-day Afghanistan ⓘ
parts of present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
parts of present-day Nepal ⓘ
parts of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seleucid Empire → alliance → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Maurya Empire → alsoKnownAs → Maurya Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mauryan Empire
Magadhi Prakrit → associatedWith → Maurya Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurya period
Seleucid Empire → borderedBy → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Lion Capital of Ashoka → dynasty → Maurya Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurya dynasty
northern India → hasHistoricalEvent → Maurya Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Mauryan unification of much of India
Charsadda → historicalEra → Maurya Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mauryan period
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → neighbor → Maurya Empire ⓘ
State Emblem of India → originPeriod → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Patna → servedAsCapitalOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Gandhara civilization → underRuleOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Khyber Pass → usedBy → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Bihar → wasCenterOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurya Empire (partly)
northern India → wasCradleOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Malwa → wasPartOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ
Bengal → wasRegionOf → Maurya Empire ⓘ