Maurya Empire

5 important questions on Maurya Empire

What was the capital of the Maurya Empire?

Pataliputra

How did the Maurya empire form?

  • Under Chandragupta
  • Didn't form by conquest, but because of the need to unify against a greater threat
  • Unification between the Maurya Empire and their former enemy through diplomacy (marriage) -> connections that allowed trade and intellectual exchange  

What can be said about the architecture of the Maurya empire during the reign of Chandragupta?

Persian influences in the architecture
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How did the Maurya Empire trade with other regions?

  1. Roads
  2. Patterns of Stuppa's
  3. Ships 

How did the trade networks come about?

Social forms, diplomacy -> save network of roads, efficient bureaucracy -> huge trade networks well beyond India itself

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