About the Maurya period

Chandragupta Maurya and his minister Kautilya founded the Maurya dynasty.they defeated the King of Nandh Bansh. they made his country as an strongest country. And from the same, Maurya dynasty was born.The Mauryan dynasty (322-185 BC) was a powerful and great dynasty of ancient India. It ruled in 137 years in India

The kingdom begins with the banks of the Ganges from Magadha State.Its capital was Patliputra . Which is now Patna Vihar .

The language of the Maurya period was Sanskrit, Pali, , Greek, Army.The language of the Maurya period was Sanskrit, Pali, Greek, Army. In the Maurya Period, three religions followed.

Hindu, Buddhist, Jain

Chandragupta Maurya had divided the governance operation smoothly to four states, which were called chakras. The rule of these provinces was governed by the emperor's representative. In the time of Emperor Asoka, the number of provinces was five. These were the provinces-

Prachi - Pataliputra 

North Coast - Taxila

Dakshinapath - Suvarnagiri

Avanti Nation - Ujjayini

Kalinga - Tossley.

MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT MAURYA PERIOD

             The coin of this period was the silver coin (wage)

             50 million km² [1] (parts of South Asia and some Central Asia)

              5 million  (one-third of the world's population )

The development of Maurya art was done in the era of Maurya Empire in India . In religious places like Sarnath and Kushinagar, monoliths and monasteries themselves as stupas and viharas form their structure. The impressive and sacred forms of the Mauryan period are still found in these columns of stones today in areas such as Sarnath, Allahabad, Meerut, Kaushambi, Sankisa and Varanasi.

The philosophy of the new and great form of the Mauryacala is found in the pillars of Ashoka. These columns of stone are symbols of the great art of that period. The stone pillars built and established by Ashoka in all the art works of the Mauryan age are the most important and unprecedented. Columns were flown towards the ground several feet below. On this part peacock shapes have remained. There is amazing lube and glow on the top part of the earth. Of the columns of Mauryakh, Phahyan has mentioned 6 columns and Yuvvanchwang has written 15 columns. Cave building art was also at the peak of this period. Dasarath, the grandson of Ashoka, built some caves for the residence of Shramans on the hills of Barabar, 19 miles from Gaya. Their inner wall is brightly colored. The Cave of Lomash Rishi was created by the emperor Ashoka's grandson property in the Maurya period. This cave is incomplete. The masonry gauge is still present on its arches. Such mosaic was done on wood in ancient times.

How many days have the state been ruled by the Maurya period

Chandragupta Maurya - 323-298 BC

  Bindusar -        298-273 BC

Emperor Asoka - 273-232 BC

Kunal - 232-224 BC

Dasharatha Maurya -232-224 BC

Presently - 224-215 BC

Shalisuk-215-202 BC

Devavarman - 202-195 BC

Shatdhavnain Maurya - 195-187 BC

Greater Maury - 187-185 BC