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Mind Map by Anthony Wickett, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Anthony Wickett
about 7 years ago
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Mauryan Empire
- Chandragupta
- inspired by Alexander the Great.
- unified northern India
- Defeated Persian Gneral Seleucus
- Defeated Persian Gneral Seleucus
- Divided empire into provinces and then districts for tax assessments and law enforcements
- had effective civil service
- grandson was ashoka
- Ashoka
- Lead empire to its peak.
- He spread buddhism around India.
- Has pillars with edicts on it which promoted buddhist ideals.
- Stupas built in his honor.
- Expected subjects to be moral. Filial piety.
- Civil service bureaucracy.
- Had trade routes.traded.
- Battle of Kalinga
- occurred in 262 BCE. Kalinga vs. Mauryan.
- Super bloody war.
- It was when buddhism converged.
- Rejected further conquest.
- Built hospitals, wells, and sponsored art.
- Ashoka conquered Kalinga and added it to his empire.
- occurred in 262 BCE. Kalinga vs. Mauryan.
- Eddicts of ashoka
- collection of 33 inscriptions on pillars written in Sanskrit
- lion statue sits above each pillar
- explains ashoka’s belief of Dharma (earnest attempt to solve problems of society)
- Shows Ashoka’s adherence to buddhist philosophy
- He developed buddhist dharma through kingdom
- He developed buddhist dharma through kingdom
- Shows Ashoka’s adherence to buddhist philosophy
- explains ashoka’s belief of Dharma (earnest attempt to solve problems of society)
- lion statue sits above each pillar
- collection of 33 inscriptions on pillars written in Sanskrit
- Lead empire to its peak.
- Ashoka
- inspired by Alexander the Great.
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