Name: Controlling a Giant: The Structure of the Mauryan Empire
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 1 s
Description: The Mauryan Empire was the largest in the history of India. It was controlled through a complex network of officials and a division of territory.

Question

On a political map of India, mark the extent of Ashoka's empire. Also locate Sarnath, Kalinga, Pataliputra on the map.

Accepted Answer

The empire of Ashoka stretched from modern-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east and from the Himalayas in the north to the Pennar river in the south.

Sarnath- The pillar at Sarnath erected by Ashoka is the most famous as it has the four-headed lion. The Lion capital from this pillar was adopted as the national emblem of India.

Kalinga-Ashoka fought a war to conquer Kalinga now known as Odisha but was horrified with the bloodshed that he gave up conquest after winning a war and started following Buddhism.

Pataliputra-Pataliputra now known as Patna was the capital city of the Mauryan Empire.

On a political map of India, mark the extent of Ashoka's empire. Also locate Sarnath, Kalinga, Pataliputra on the map.

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