1. Highly centralized administration (Romila Thapar)
2. Pacific
policy of Ashoka (H.C. Raychaudhuri )
3. Brahmanical reaction (H.P. Sastri )
4.
The partition of the Mauryan Empire
5. Weak later –Mauryan Rulers
6. Pressure on Mauryan economy
7.Neglect of North- West Frontier.
Mauryan kings
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Other names of the king
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Ambassdor (Greek king)
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Chandragupta
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Sandrocottus – Strabo, Justin Androcottus- Arrian ,Plutarch Vrishala
/Kulahina (i.e of low clan)- Vishakhandatta (Mudrarakshasa)
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Megasthenses (302- 298 BC) (Selecus Nikator – Persia and
Badylonia)
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Bindusara
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Amitrochates- Greek texts Vindupala
– Chinease text Sinhasena
- Jain text Bhadrasara- Vayu Purana
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Dimachos (Antiochus I- Syria
)Dionysius (Philadelphos/ Potlemy II-Egypt)
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