GREAT MAURYAN EMPIRE

Ashoka the Great, commonly called Ashoka, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BCE. He was the grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya. He promoted the spread of Buddhism. Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to a great extent.

Mauryas fought many battles but the war which proved their supremacy was Seleucid-Mauryan War.

Seleucid-Mauryan War

The Seleucid–Mauryan War was fought between 305 and 303 BCE. It started due to the occupation of the Indian satrapies of the Macedonian Empire by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, of the Maurya Empire. Seleucus I Nicator, of the Seleucid Empire, sought to retake those territories. The war ended in a settlement resulting in the annexation the Indus Valley region and perhaps Afghanistan to the Mauryan Empire, with Chandragupta securing control over the areas that he had sought, and a marriage alliance between the two powers. After the war, the Mauryan Empire emerged as the dominant power of the Indian Subcontinent.

List of Mauryan Rulers

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