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[[File:MauryanCoin.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Coins|Silver punch mark coin of the [[Maurya empire]], with symbols of wheel and elephant (3rd century BCE)]] | [[File:MauryanCoin.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Coins|Silver punch mark coin of the [[Maurya empire]], with symbols of wheel and elephant (3rd century BCE)]] | ||
The empire built a [[Maurya Empire#Economy|strong economy]] from a solid infrastructure such as irrigation, temples, mines, and roads.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=187–195}}{{sfn|Roy|2012|pp=62–63}} Ancient epigraphical evidence suggests Chandragupta, under counsel from Chanakya, started and completed many irrigation reservoirs and networks across the Indian subcontinent to ensure food supplies for the civilian population and the army, a practice continued by his dynastic successors.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=187–194}} Regional prosperity in agriculture was one of the required duties of his state officials.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=192–194}} | The empire built a [[Maurya Empire#Economy|strong economy]] from a solid infrastructure such as irrigation, temples, mines, and roads.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=187–195}}{{sfn|Roy|2012|pp=62–63}} Ancient epigraphical evidence suggests Chandragupta, under counsel from Chanakya, started and completed many irrigation reservoirs and networks across the Indian subcontinent to ensure food supplies for the civilian population and the army, a practice continued by his dynastic successors.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=187–194}} Regional prosperity in agriculture was one of the required duties of his state officials.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=192–194}} | ||
Chandragupta's state also started mines, centers to produce goods, and networks for trading these goods. His rule developed land routes for goods transportation within the Indian subcontinent, disfavoring water transport. Chandragupta expanded "roads suitable for carts", preferring these over those narrow tracts that allowed only pack animals.{{sfn|F. R. Allchin|George Erdosy|1995|pp=194-195}} | |||
[[File:Didarganj_Yakshi_statue_in_the_Bihar_Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|alt=Statue|3rd century BCE [[Didarganj Yakshi]], discovered in 1917 buried in the banks of the Ganges.<ref name=tapati51>{{cite book|author=Tapati Guha-Thakurta|editor=Partha Chatterjee and Anjan Ghosh|title=History and the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1eCdLyrpV8C |year=2006|publisher=Anthem|isbn=978-1-84331-224-6|pages=51–53, 58–59}}</ref><ref name=varadpande32>{{cite book|author=Manohar Laxman Varadpande|title=Woman in Indian Sculpture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsE5KAja3jAC |year=2006|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-474-5|pages=32–34 with Figure 11}}</ref>]] | |||
According to Kaushik Roy, the Maurya dynasty rulers, beginning with Chandragupta, were "great road builders".{{sfn|Roy|2012|pp=62-63}} | |||
The strongest evidence of infrastructure development is found in the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] in Gujarat, dated to about 150 CE. It states, among other things, that Rudradaman repaired and enlarged the reservoir and irrigation conduit infrastructure built by Chandragupta and enhanced by Asoka.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|p=189}} Chandragupta's empire also built mines, manufacturing centres, and networks for trading goods. His rule developed land routes to transport goods across the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta expanded "roads suitable for carts" as he preferred those over narrow tracks suitable for only pack animals.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=194–195}} | The strongest evidence of infrastructure development is found in the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] in Gujarat, dated to about 150 CE. It states, among other things, that Rudradaman repaired and enlarged the reservoir and irrigation conduit infrastructure built by Chandragupta and enhanced by Asoka.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|p=189}} Chandragupta's empire also built mines, manufacturing centres, and networks for trading goods. His rule developed land routes to transport goods across the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta expanded "roads suitable for carts" as he preferred those over narrow tracks suitable for only pack animals.{{sfn|Allchin|Erdosy|1995|pp=194–195}} | ||