The name "Maurya" does not occur in Ashoka's inscriptions, or the contemporary Greek accounts such as Megasthenes's Indica, but it is attested by the following sources:
• The

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Founding
Prior to the Maurya Empire, the Nanda Empireruled over most of the Indian Subcontinent. The Nanda Empire was a large, militaristic, and

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Megasthenes mentions military command consisting of six boards of five members each, (i) Navy (ii) military transport (iii) Infantry(iv

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The Empire was divided into four provinces, with the imperial capital at Pataliputra. From Ashokan edicts, the names of the four

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For the first time in South Asia, political unity and military security allowed for a common economic system and enhanced trade and commerce, with increased agricultural productivity.

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In the early period of empire Brahmanismwas an important religion. The Mauryans favored Brahmanism as well as Jainism and Buddhism. Minor

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The population of South Asia during the Mauryan period has been estimated to be between 15 and 30 million. According to Tim Dyson, the period of the Mauryan Empire saw the consolidation of caste among the Indo-Aryan peoplewho had settled in the Gangetic

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