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===Conquest of the Eastern Seleucid Empire=== | ===Conquest of the Eastern Seleucid Empire=== | ||
[[File:Seleucid Empire.png|thumb|Seleucid Empire 281 BCE]] | [[File:Seleucid Empire.png|thumb|Seleucid Empire 281 BCE]] | ||
[[File:Chandragupta Maurya Empire c.290 BCE.png|thumb|Chandragupta Maurya Empire c.290 BCE]] | |||
Greek historians mentioned the result of [[Seleucid–Mauryan war]] where Seleucid Empire's eastern satrapies( [[Gedrosia]],[[Arachosia]], [[Aria]], and [[Paropamisadae]]) ceded to Mauryan Empire : | Greek historians mentioned the result of [[Seleucid–Mauryan war]] where Seleucid Empire's eastern satrapies( [[Gedrosia]],[[Arachosia]], [[Aria]], and [[Paropamisadae]]) ceded to Mauryan Empire : | ||
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Ashoka served as a viceroy during the rule of his father Bindusara. | Ashoka served as a viceroy during the rule of his father Bindusara. | ||
According to established constitutional usage, Asoka as Prince served as viceroy in one of the remoter provinces of the Empire. This was the province of Western India called Avantirattham or province of Avanti with headquarter at Ujjain.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Asoka|last=Mookerji|first=Radhakumud|date=1962|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=978-81-208-0582-8|language=en}}</ref> | According to established constitutional usage, Asoka as Prince served as viceroy in one of the remoter provinces of the Empire. This was the province of Western India called Avantirattham or province of Avanti with headquarter at Ujjain.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Asoka|last=Mookerji|first=Radhakumud|date=1962|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=978-81-208-0582-8|language=en}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Bindusara Empire.png|thumb|Bindusara Empire 273 BCE]] | |||
===Conquest of the Saurashtra=== | ===Conquest of the Saurashtra=== | ||
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—Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman<ref name="WB">[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", ''Project South Asia''.]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm |date=23 February 2009 }}</ref> </blockquote> | —Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman<ref name="WB">[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", ''Project South Asia''.]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm |date=23 February 2009 }}</ref> </blockquote> | ||
===Conquest of the Kalinga=== | ===Conquest of the Kalinga=== | ||