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The '''Mauryan Empire''', also known as the Maurya Empire, was a historically significant power during the Iron Age on the Indian subcontinent, with its core in Magadha. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and declined around 184 BCE.<ref name="Dyson2018-lead-maurya"> | The '''Mauryan Empire''', also known as the Maurya Empire, was a historically significant power during the Iron Age on the Indian subcontinent, with its core in Magadha. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and declined around 184 BCE.<ref name="Dyson2018-lead-maurya"> | ||
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|last=Dyson|first=Tim|title=A Population History of India: From the First Modern People to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TRtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-882905-8|pages=16–17}} Quote: "Magadha power came to extend over the main cities and communication routes of the Ganges basin. Then, under Chandragupta Maurya (c.321–297 bce), and subsequently Ashoka his grandson, Pataliputra became the centre of the loose-knit Mauryan 'Empire' which during Ashoka's reign (c.268–232 bce) briefly had a presence throughout the main urban centres and arteries of the subcontinent, except for the extreme south."</ref> The Maurya Empire centralized its power through the conquest of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]], with its primary capital located at [[Pataliputra]], modern-day [[Patna]]. However, the empire also had other regional capitals, including [[Taxila]], [[Ujjain]], [[Suvarnagiri]], and [[Tosali]], which were governed by appointed governors and governers controlled by the Emperor.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Romila | last1=Thapar | title=A History of India, Volume 1 | publisher=Penguin Books | author-link=Romila Thapar | year=1990 | page=384 | isbn=0-14-013835-8}}</ref>The empire directly or indirectly ruled by Ashoka was thus immense, running from the Hindu Kush to Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Karnataka.<ref>Alain Daniélou ."A brief history of India".2003, p. | |last=Dyson|first=Tim|title=A Population History of India: From the First Modern People to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TRtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-882905-8|pages=16–17}} Quote: "Magadha power came to extend over the main cities and communication routes of the Ganges basin. Then, under Chandragupta Maurya (c.321–297 bce), and subsequently Ashoka his grandson, Pataliputra became the centre of the loose-knit Mauryan 'Empire' which during Ashoka's reign (c.268–232 bce) briefly had a presence throughout the main urban centres and arteries of the subcontinent, except for the extreme south."</ref> The Maurya Empire centralized its power through the conquest of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]], with its primary capital located at [[Pataliputra]], modern-day [[Patna]]. However, the empire also had other regional capitals, including [[Taxila]], [[Ujjain]], [[Suvarnagiri]], and [[Tosali]], which were governed by appointed governors and governers controlled by the Emperor.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Romila | last1=Thapar | title=A History of India, Volume 1 | publisher=Penguin Books | author-link=Romila Thapar | year=1990 | page=384 | isbn=0-14-013835-8}}</ref>The empire directly or indirectly ruled by Ashoka was thus immense, running from the Hindu Kush to Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Karnataka.<ref>Alain Daniélou ."A brief history of India".2003, p.114. Archive Link:https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofin00dani/page/114/mode/1up</ref> | ||