Last to reign Brihadratha Maurya 187 BCE – 184 BCE
Details
Style
His Imperial Majesty
First monarch
Chandragupta Maurya (as the successor to the Nanda Emperor of Magadha)
Last monarch
Brihadratha Maurya
Formation
322 BCE
Abolition
184 BCE
Residence
Pataliputra (322–184)
Appointer
Hereditary
The Maurya Empire (c. 322–184 BCE) was an ancient Indian empire. The empire was founded by
Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasted until 184 BCE. The Mauryan Empire was the first pan-Indian empire. At its height, the empire covered most of the Indian subcontinent.[1] The Mauryan Emperor was the monarchical head of state and wielded absolute rule over the empire.
Chandragupta's chief minister Kautilya, sometimes called Chanakya, advised Chandragupta Maurya and contributed to the empire's legacy.[2] Bindusara, Chandragupta's son, assumed the throne around 297 BCE. He kept the empire running smoothly while maintaining its lands.[3] Bindusara's son, Ashoka,[4] was the third leader of the Mauryan Empire. Ashoka left his mark on history by erecting large stone pillars inscribed with edicts that he issued. After Ashoka's death, his family continued to reign, but the empire began to break apart. The last of the Mauryas, Brihadratha, was assassinated by his general, Pushyamitra Shunga who went on to found the Shunga Empire in 185/184 BCE.[5]
Maurya Empire at its greatest expansion, c. 250 BCE
^Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1988). Age of the Nandas and Mauryas. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 208. ISBN 9788120804661.
^Kistler, John M. (2007). War Elephants. University of Nebraska Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0803260047. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^Vincent Arthur Smith (1920). Asoka, the Buddhist emperor of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9788120613034.
^Olivelle, Patrick (2024). Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-27490-5.
^Allchin, F. R.; Erdosy, George (1995). The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 306.
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