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{{Infobox military conflict | |||
| conflict = Mauryan reconquest of South | |||
| image = | |||
| partof = [[Mauryan Empire|Decline of the Mauryan Empire]] | |||
| date = 224 BCE | |||
| place = [[South India]] (Modern day [[India]]) | |||
| result = {{ubl|[[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan]] victory}} | |||
* Spread of [[Jainism]] throughout the southern part of the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]] | |||
| territory = Territories lost of southern India reconquered as tributaries | |||
| combatant2 = [[South India|Southern Kingdoms]] | |||
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Mauryan Empire]] | |||
| commander2 = Unknown | |||
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Samprati]] | |||
|image =Emperor Samprati Maurya.jpg | |||
|caption=Emperor [[Samprati]] of [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan dynasty]]. | |||
}} | |||
There are no indepth details of this reconquest but according to a [[Jainism|Jain text]], after the death of [[Ashoka|Emperor Ashoka]], the regions of [[Gujarat|Saurashtra]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra]], and [[Mysore]] became independent during the reign of his successor, Dasharatha. Later, these areas were brought back under control by Samprati, who is said to have sent soldiers disguised as Jain monks to help regain the territories.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDL4kA7SWkEC&pg=PA75|title=Trade And Trade Routes In Ancient India|last=Chandra|first=Moti|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-055-6|pages=75|language=en}}</ref> | |||
Samprati sent missionaries along with his soldiers, likely of the Svetambara tradition, to [[South India]] with the goal of expanding Jainism into less civilized regions and reconquering the previously lost areas.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107404|title=Jainism And Karnataka Culture|last=Sharma|first=S. r|date=1940|pages=130}}</ref> These missionaries, disguised as Jaina monks, traveled to the area and instructed the local people on the types of food and items that monks could accept as alms. They encouraged the people to offer these items to the monks instead of paying the usual taxes to the revenue collectors who would come periodically.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/archaeologicalhi0000fine|title=An archaeological history of religions of Indian. | |||
Asia|last=Finegan|first=Jack|date=1989|publisher=New York : Paragon House|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-913729-43-4|pages=115}}</ref> | |||
[[File:Samprati Maurya Empire.png|thumb|Reconquest of the lost territories of [[Maurya Empire]] by Samprati Maurya highlighted in light orangish shade<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55603|title=The Cambridge History Of India Vol.i|last=Rapson|first=E. J.|date=1935}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107404|title=Jainism And Karnataka Culture|last=Sharma|first=S. r|date=1940}}</ref>]] | |||
In reality, these revenue collectors were also [[Jainism|Jaina monks]]. Having set the groundwork, Samprati then persuaded his religious superiors to send actual monks to these regions, believing they would be able to live there without difficulty.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55603|title=The Cambridge History Of India Vol.i|last=Rapson|first=E. J.|date=1935|pages=512}}</ref> As a result, Jain missionaries were dispatched to the Andhras and Dravidians, who found the conditions just as the king had described. Thus, [[Jainism]] spread among these previously uncivilized communities.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/archeologyofworl0001fine|title=The Archeology of World Religions|last=Finegan|first=Jack|date=1952|others=Internet Archive|pages=219}}</ref> | |||
==Reference== | |||
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[[Category:Wars involving the Maurya Empire]] | |||