History of india: The Mauryan Empire

 The first Empire of India was founded by Chandragupta Maurya. The empire covered a most part of India which included Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Western and North-Western parts of India and parts of Deccan. Infact, they excluded most of Southern part India and parts of North-Eastern india, Mauryans ruled over the whole of Indian subcontinent. And the capital of such a vast empire was Pataliputra.         Source of Information, The account of Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador of Seleucus Nicator in the court of Chandragupta Maurya, their are many other books like 'Arthasahastra'. Kautaliya or Chanakya was the chief advisor of Chandragupta Maur The another unique source of information of the Mauryans are the inscriptions of the king Ashoka- the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya. Through these inscriptions carved on rocks and pillars, Ashoka tried to communicate with his subjects and tried to spread his ideas of peace and harmony among them. Chandragupta Maurya - Th...