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have carved Mauryan Empire over mural which represents Indian integrity and glorious past: [https://bharatmotherofdemocracy.ignca.gov.in/contents/ashoka-responsible-and-accountable-governance/en)] [https://compass.rauias.com/current-affairs/mural-in-new-parliament/][https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-reacts-on-row-over-akhand-bharat-mural-in-new-parliament-4089062]. Several historians have reconstructed the map of the Mauryan Empire based on details from Ashoka's inscriptions and accounts from Greek historians, among other sources. For example : | have carved Mauryan Empire over mural which represents Indian integrity and glorious past: [https://bharatmotherofdemocracy.ignca.gov.in/contents/ashoka-responsible-and-accountable-governance/en)] [https://compass.rauias.com/current-affairs/mural-in-new-parliament/][https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-reacts-on-row-over-akhand-bharat-mural-in-new-parliament-4089062]. Several historians have reconstructed the map of the Mauryan Empire based on details from Ashoka's inscriptions and accounts from Greek historians, among other sources. For example : | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" | |||
! colspan="2" | Renowned Scholars Authoritative Crafted Maps | |||
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!style="background-color:#ADD8E6;" | Mauryan empire maps created by Historians/Other Scholars | |||
!style="background-color:#ADD8E6;" | Map Link | |||
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| ASI ([[Archeological Survey Of India]]) | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.06445/page/n421/mode/1up Rough Map by ASI] | |||
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| British Historian [[Geoffrey Parker]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/timescompacthist0000unse_g4l2/page/29/mode/1up His designed map] | |||
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| British historian [[Patrick Karl O'Brien]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/philipsatlasofwo0000unse_u6t7/page/46/mode/1up His designed map] | |||
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| American historian [[Gerald Danzer]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/atlasofworldhist0000danz/page/44/mode/1up His designed map] | |||
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| British Historian [[Charles Allen]] | |||
| [https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Ashoka/K4vHjbUtf_4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT5&printsec=frontcover His designed map] | |||
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| Historian [[Robert W. Strayer]] and [[Eric Nelson]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/waysofworld0000robe/page/121/mode/1up Their designed map] | |||
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| Irish Historian and Indologist [[Vincent Arthur Smith]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/asokabuddhistemp00smitiala/asokabuddhistemp00smitiala/page/n284/mode/1up His designed map] | |||
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| Anthropologist and Bioarcheologist [[Professor Ian Barnes]] | |||
| [https://archive.org/details/historyatlasofas00ianb/page/43/mode/1up His designed map] | |||
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===Territorial span on a national scale=== | ===Territorial span on a national scale=== | ||
The territorial expanse of the Mauryan Empire, when correlated with contemporary nations, is delineated as follows:<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/thomas-1922-maurya-empire/mode/1up| title=Cambridge History of India, Volume 1, The Maurya Empire|last=Thomas|first=F.W.| website=Internet Archive }}</ref> | The territorial expanse of the Mauryan Empire, when correlated with contemporary nations, is delineated as follows:<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/thomas-1922-maurya-empire/mode/1up| title=Cambridge History of India, Volume 1, The Maurya Empire|last=Thomas|first=F.W.| website=Internet Archive }}</ref> | ||