The Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra.
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25 Facts About Maurya
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The Maurya dynasty built a precursor of the Grand Trunk Road from Patliputra to Taxila.
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Some later authors, such as Dhundiraja and an annotator of the Vishnu Purana, state that the word "Maurya" is derived from Mura and the mother of the first Maurya king.
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Maurya had to flee in order to save his life and went to Taxila, a notable center of learning, to work as a teacher.
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Maurya was impressed by the young Chandragupta and saw royal qualities in him as someone fit to rule.
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Maurya's army mutinied at the Beas River and refused to advance farther eastward when confronted by another army.
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Maurya Empire was established in the Magadha region under the leadership of Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya.
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Maurya then refined his strategy by establishing garrisons in the conquered territories, and finally besieged the Nanda capital Pataliputra.
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Maurya had a Greek ambassador at his court, named Deimachus.
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Maurya is said to have lived as an ascetic at Shravanabelagola for several years before fasting to death, as per the Jain practice of sallekhana.
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Maurya is attested by the Buddhist texts such as Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa ; the Jain texts such as Parishishta-Parvan; as well as the Hindu texts such as Vishnu Purana.
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Maurya undertook a massive public works building campaign across the country.
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Maurya was succeeded by Dasharatha Maurya, who was Ashoka's grandson.
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Kunala Maurya was blind and hence couldn't ascend to the throne; and Tivala, son of Kaurwaki, died even earlier than Ashoka.
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In 180 BCE, Brihadratha Maurya, was killed by his general Pushyamitra Shunga in a military parade without any heir.
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Chandragupta Maurya established a single currency across India, and a network of regional governors and administrators and a civil service provided justice and security for merchants, farmers and traders.
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Maurya is believed to have built as many as 84,000 stupas across India, such as Sanchi and Mahabodhi Temple, and he increased the popularity of Buddhism in Afghanistan and Thailand.
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Greatest monument of this period, executed in the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, was the old palace at Paliputra, modern Kumhrar in Patna.
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Maurya was the first ruler in history to advocate conservation measures for wildlife and even had rules inscribed in stone edicts.
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Plutarch reports that Chandragupta Maurya met with Alexander the Great, probably around Taxila in the northwest:.
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Maurya crossed the Indus and waged war with Sandrocottus [Maurya], king of the Indians, who dwelt on the banks of that stream, until they came to an understanding with each other and contracted a marriage relationship.
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Maurya crossed the Caucasus and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the king of the Indians; received more elephants, until he had a hundred and fifty altogether; and having once more provisioned his troops, set out again personally with his army: leaving Androsthenes of Cyzicus the duty of taking home the treasure which this king had agreed to hand over to him.
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