The Mauryan Empire

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The Mauryan Empire
OBJ Trace the development of and identify the
accomplishments of the Mauryan Empire.

1. Please make sure you stop by and complete test
   corrections for the Persia, Greece, Rome Test
   before or after school by 10/12/2011.
2. Make sure that you have turned-in your Persia,
   Greece, Rome Test Review and PGS 153-157.

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The Mauryan Empire
OBJ Trace the development of and identify the
accomplishments of the Mauryan Empire.

1. Please make sure you stop by and complete test
   corrections for the Persia, Greece, Rome Test
   before or after school by 10/12/2011.
2. Make sure that you have turned-in your Persia,
   Greece, Rome Test Review.

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• Under the Mauryan and Gupta Empires, India
  developed into a center of trade.

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• The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta
  Maurya.

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• Maurya rulers created a strong central
  government.
• These rulers
• Supervised the building of roads and harbors

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• collected taxes and managed state-owned factories
• created royal courts
• created a secret police force to report on
  corruption, crime, and dissent, or opposing ideas
• trained warriors to guard the royal palace

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Asoka (300-232 BCE)

• Asoka kept careful records of his edicts, making
  him the king for which the most is known.

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• He began an aggressive campaign to conquer the
  rest of the subcontinent.

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• Asoka became so troubled by massive bloodshed of
  his conquests that he converted to Buddhism.

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• The spread of Buddhism under Asoka greatly
  influenced the religious history of Asia.
• It also produced the first written literature in
  India.