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English: Mauryan Empire during 260 BCE.

Maximum extent of the Maurya Empire, as shown by the location of Ashoka's inscriptions, and visualized by modern archaeologist : Dougald J. W. O'Reilly [1], modern historian : Jackson J. Spielvogel[2] O'Brien,Patrick Karl[3],Upinder Singh[4];old historians:H. C. Raychaudhuri [5], Vincent Arthur Smith;[6] R. C. Majumdar;[7] and historical geographer:Joseph E. Schwartzberg.[8]

  • On Concluding - The Mauryan Empire, founded by Chandragupta Maurya, was an important dynasty in Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya conquered Aria, Kamboj, Arachosia, and Gedrosia from Seleucus . Bindusara, Chandragupta's son, expanded the empire by capturing the Dakshinapatha . Ashoka, Bindusara's son, defeated Kalinga and expanded the empire further . In the Girnar Second Rock inscription, Ashoka mentioned some details about his empire .
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  2. https://books.google.nl/books?id=cCdmEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT143&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
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  4. https://archive.org/details/history-of-ancient-and-early-medeival-india-from-the-stone-age-to-the-12th-century-pdfdrive
  5. https://www.routledge.com/India-The-Ancient-Past-A-History-of-the-Indian-Subcontinent-from-c-7000/Avari/p/book/9781138828216
  6. Smith, Vincent Arthur ((Please provide a date)) The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911Press, pages 104–106
  7. An Advanced History of India& Company, (Please provide a date or year), page 104
  8. Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia , 2nd ed. (University of Minnesota, 1992), Plate III.B.4b (p.18) and Plate XIV.1a-c (p.145) |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/ |date=26 January 2021

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