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Mauryan Empire

Mauryan Empire. Katharine Doering Valerie Irwin. Location and Time. India and part of the Middle East 322 BC-185 BC. Administrative Institutions. Ruled e mperor and his Mantriparchad Capital – Pataliputra Made up of 4 provinces

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Mauryan Empire

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  1. Mauryan Empire Katharine Doering Valerie Irwin

  2. Location and Time • India and part of the Middle East • 322 BC-185 BC

  3. Administrative Institutions • Ruled emperor and his Mantriparchad • Capital – Pataliputra • Made up of 4 provinces • The provinces ruled by the Kumara and helped by the council of ministers • The bureaucracy ruled over everything

  4. Projection of Military Power • Maintained large armies • Diplomacy – conquered many other territories and alliance with satrap of Babylonia • Fortresses

  5. Trade • Well developed infrastructure • Roads, canals, waterways, rest-houses, hospitals, etc. • Used a metal coin with something stamped into it • Had a wide range of trading partners

  6. Role of Cities • Pataliputra (the capital) – center for government • Also the center for trade, commerce, merchant, and intellectuals • Buddhism spread from city to city

  7. Social Hierarchyand Mechanics for Preservation • Slaves • Corvée system • Peasants had to work on public projects

  8. Patriarchy • Few women were employed • Archers, performers, spies, spun yarn • Most were dominated by the male figures of the household

  9. Collapse • Started when Ashoka (founder of Mauryan Empire’s grandson) died • Many weaker kings followed for 50 years • Friction between Mauryan Buddhists and Mauryan Hindus

  10. Citations • "Mauryan empire." Encyclopædia Britannica. EncyclopædiaBritannica Online. EncyclopædiaBritannica, 2011. Web. 07 Sep. 2011. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/370216/Mauryan- Empire>. • Lendering, Jona. Livius.org. N.p., 26 Mar. 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <http://www.livius.org/man-md/mauryas/mauryas.html>. • "Maurya, Chandragupta (c. 360 B.C.-c. 298 B.C.)." DISCovering World History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. PARKWAY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. 11 Sep. 2011 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&t ype=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2105100177&sourc e=gale&srcprod=DISC&userGroupName=parkwayn&version=1.0>. • Sharma, RekhaRani. "Slavery in the Mauryan Period." JSTOR. 2011. web. 9/10/2011. • Pictures: • Map of India. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <http://empires.findthebest.com/ detail/47/Maurya-Empire>. • Mauryan Fortress. Bhagaban, S. 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <http://berhampurphoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/jaugada-ruined-fortress- of- mauryan.html>. • Mauryan Coins. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://mundihogarcr.com/inicio/administrator/mauryan&page=5>.

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