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The Mauryan dynasty under Ashoka was responsible for the proliferation of Buddhist ideals across the whole of East Asia and South-East Asia, fundamentally altering the history and development of Asia as a whole.
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Foundation of the Maurya Empire ( Sanskrit: म ौ र ् य र ा जव ं श, Maurya Rājavanśha ) which was geographically extensive and powerful empire in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC. It was one of the world's largest empires in its time.
* Chandragupta Maurya, Mauryan dynasty Emperor of India, r. 322 – 298 BC
* Bindusara, Mauryan dynasty Emperor of India, r. 298 – 272 BC
* 185 BC – Brhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty ( from 197 BC )
* Pusyamitra Sunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the Sunga dynasty.
* Brhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty ( from 197 BC )
* Demetrius I starts his invasion of present-day Pakistan, following the earlier destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by general Pusyamitra Sunga.
Demetrius started the invasion of northwestern India from 180 BC, following the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then founded the new Indian Sunga dynasty ( 185 – 78 BC ).
* 185 BCE: Brahmin general Pusyamitra Sunga overthrows the Mauryan dynasty and establishes the Sunga dynasty, apparently starting a wave of persecution against Buddhism.
* Mauryan dynasty ( 321 – 184 BC )
** Mauryan dynasty
* Edicts of Ashoka, by Ashoka the Great, of the Mauryan dynasty during his reign from 272 BCE to 231 BCE.
The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BC, about fifty years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was assassinated by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
Chandragupta, the founder of Mauryan dynasty is said to have lived in Taxila when Alexander captured this city.
The Indian emperor Chandragupta, founder of the Mauryan dynasty, re-conquered around 322 BCE the northwest Indian territory that had been lost to Alexander the Great.
The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC.
His name is mentioned in the list of Mauryan princes, and also in the list of the Yadava dynasty, as a descendant of Pradyumna.
Brihadrata, the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty, held territories that had shrunk considerably from the time of emperor Ashoka, although he still upheld the Buddhist faith.
The Indian emperor Chandragupta, founder of the Mauryan dynasty, had re-conquered northwestern India upon the death of Alexander the Great around 322 BC.
The invasion of northern India followed the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pusyamitra Sunga, who then founded the new Indian Sunga dynasty ( 185 BCE-78 BCE ).
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Thus, Jainism became a vital force under the Mauryan Rule.
Mauryan Empire under Ashoka the Great
Some did remain republics under Mauryan suzerainty, or returned to being republics after the fall of the empire.
* According to the Theravāda commentaries and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council is convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra ( modern Patna ), under the leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa.
* The Mauryan army is driven out of Kadamba by a coalition of Tamil kings under Emperor Cenni Cholan.
Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and it has been suggested by W. W. Tarn that their invasion of India was not only intended to show their support for the Mauryan empire.
Nellore came under Mauryan influence and was part of the Ashokan Empire in the 3rd century B. C.
Capitalising on the destabilization of northern India by the Persian and Greek incursions, the Mauryan empire under Chandragupta would not only conquer most of the Indian subcontinent, but also push its boundaries into Persia and Central Asia, conquering the Gandhara region.
The Greeks sent ambassadors to the court of the Mauryan empire, such as the historian Megasthenes under Chandragupta Maurya, and later Deimakos under his son Bindusara, who reported extensively on the civilization of the Indians.
When the Mauryan empire was toppled by the Sungas around 180 BCE, the Greco-Bactrians expanded into India, where they established the Indo-Greek kingdom, under which Buddhism was able to flourish.
He brought sixteen states under the Mauryan Empire and thus conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula ( he is said to have conquered the ' land between the two seas ' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea ).
Under Chandragupta, the Mauryan Empire conquered the trans-Indus region, which was under Macedonian rule.
He brought sixteen states under the Mauryan Empire and thus conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula ( he is said to have conquered the ' land between the two seas ' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea ).
Thus, Jainism became a vital force under the Mauryan Rule.
On these occasions, Greek populations apparently remained in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent under Mauryan rule.
According to the Theravāda commentaries and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council was convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pātaliputra ( today's Patna ), under the leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa.
* Kalinga War ( 265-264 BC ) was a war fought between the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka the Great and the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located on the coast of the present-day Indian state of Orissa.
Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and it has been suggested that their invasion of India was intended to show their support for the Mauryan empire, and to protect the Buddhist faith from the religious persecutions of the new dynasty of the Sungas ( 185 – 73 BCE ).
Mauryan Empire ( Dark Blue ) at its maximum extent under Ashoka, including its vassals ( Light Blue ).
These kingdoms are mentioned in Ashoka's edicts ( 256 BCE ) and were considered part of the outer circle of the imperium ; subject to the rule of the Mauryan Emperor, although doubtless enjoying a considerable degree of autonomy under their local rulers.
It is known that the area was placed under the control of the Magadha kingdom, followed by the Mauryan Empire during the 6th century BCE, which was then inhabited mainly by the Kirata, Kamboja, Panasika, and Valhika.
After Alexander's death in 323 BC, the area came under control of the Seleucid Empire, which gave the region to the Mauryan Dynasty of India in 305 BC.
After the fall of the Mauryans in 185 BC, the Greco-Bactrians under King Demetrius I annexed the northwestern regions of the former Mauryan Empire ( including Paropamisadae ), and it became part of his Euthydemid Indo-Greek Kingdom.
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