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| conflict = Mauryan reconquest of South | | conflict = Mauryan reconquest of South | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
| partof | | partof = [[Mauryan Empire|Decline of the Mauryan Empire]] | ||
| date = 224 BCE | | date = 224 BCE | ||
| place = [[South India]] (Modern day [[India]]) | | place = [[South India]] (Modern day [[India]]) | ||
| result = [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan]] victory | | result = {{ubl|[[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan]] victory}} | ||
| territory = Territories lost of southern India reconquered | * 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]] | | combatant2 = [[South India|Southern Kingdoms]] | ||
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Mauryan Empire]] | | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Mauryan Empire]] | ||
| commander2 = Unknown | | commander2 = Unknown | ||
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Samprati]] | | commander1 = [[File:Flag of Maurya Empire.pvg.png|22px|border]] [[Samprati]] | ||
| | |image =Emperor Samprati Maurya.jpg | ||
| | |caption=Emperor [[Samprati]] of [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan dynasty]]. | ||
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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> | 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== | ==Reference== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Wars involving the Maurya Empire]] | |||