`color{red} ul("Mauryan Dyanasty")`
`color{purple}{1. " Chandragupta Maurya " (322-298 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` The first ruler who Overthrew the Nanda dynasty with the help of Chanakya. He has been called Sandrocottus by Greek
scholars.
`color{blue}•` Chandragupta defeated Seleucus Nikator, the general of Alexander (304 BC), who later sent Megasthenese the author of Indica to Chandragupta's court.
`color{purple}{2. " Bindusara " (297-272 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` He was called Amitraghat (i.e., slayer of foes) by Greek writers; Greek ambassador; Dei machos visited his court: said to conquer the land between the two seas - The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
`color{purple}{3. " Ashoka " (273 -232 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` For the first eight years Ashoka ruled like a cruel king and maintained discipline.
`color{blue}•` He was called Devanamapriya, Dear to Gods.
`color{blue}•` The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka as well as boulders and cave walls made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire during his reign from 269 BCE to 232 BCE. These inscriptions were dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan and represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the Ashoka's view about dhamma, an earnest attempt to solve some of problems that a complex society faced. According to the edicts, the extent of Buddhist proselytism during this period reached as far as the Mediterranean, and many Buddhist monuments were created.
`color{blue}•` The Edicts are divided into:
`=>` Pillar Edicts
`=>` Major Rock Edicts: 14 Edicts (termed 1st to 14th) and 2 separate ones found in Odisha
`=>` Major Rock Inscriptions: Minor Rock Edicts, the Queen's Edict, Barabar Caves inscriptions and the Kandahar bilingual inscription.
`color{blue}•` The name Ashoka occurs only in copies of Minor Rock Edict I.
`color{blue}•` Languages (scripts) used on inscriptions - Brahmi script deciphered by James Princep in AD 1837), Aramaic and Kharoshthi (North Western India) and Greek (Afghanistan).
`color{blue}•` Ashoka was the first king to maintain direct contact with people through inscriptions.
`color{blue}•` Kallnga War (261 BC) mentioned in 13th Major Rock Edict converted Ashoka to Buddhism under Upagupta.
`color{blue}•` Sanehi Stupa was built by Ashoka.
`color{blue}•` The last Mauryan king Brihadratha, was killed by Pushyamilra Sunga.
`color{blue}•` The Punch-marked coins carrying the symbol of the peacock and the hill and crescent, famed the imperial currency of Mauryas.
`color{red} ul("Mauryan Dyanasty")`
`color{purple}{1. " Chandragupta Maurya " (322-298 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` The first ruler who Overthrew the Nanda dynasty with the help of Chanakya. He has been called Sandrocottus by Greek
scholars.
`color{blue}•` Chandragupta defeated Seleucus Nikator, the general of Alexander (304 BC), who later sent Megasthenese the author of Indica to Chandragupta's court.
`color{purple}{2. " Bindusara " (297-272 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` He was called Amitraghat (i.e., slayer of foes) by Greek writers; Greek ambassador; Dei machos visited his court: said to conquer the land between the two seas - The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
`color{purple}{3. " Ashoka " (273 -232 BC)}`
`color{blue}•` For the first eight years Ashoka ruled like a cruel king and maintained discipline.
`color{blue}•` He was called Devanamapriya, Dear to Gods.
`color{blue}•` The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka as well as boulders and cave walls made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire during his reign from 269 BCE to 232 BCE. These inscriptions were dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan and represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the Ashoka's view about dhamma, an earnest attempt to solve some of problems that a complex society faced. According to the edicts, the extent of Buddhist proselytism during this period reached as far as the Mediterranean, and many Buddhist monuments were created.
`color{blue}•` The Edicts are divided into:
`=>` Pillar Edicts
`=>` Major Rock Edicts: 14 Edicts (termed 1st to 14th) and 2 separate ones found in Odisha
`=>` Major Rock Inscriptions: Minor Rock Edicts, the Queen's Edict, Barabar Caves inscriptions and the Kandahar bilingual inscription.
`color{blue}•` The name Ashoka occurs only in copies of Minor Rock Edict I.
`color{blue}•` Languages (scripts) used on inscriptions - Brahmi script deciphered by James Princep in AD 1837), Aramaic and Kharoshthi (North Western India) and Greek (Afghanistan).
`color{blue}•` Ashoka was the first king to maintain direct contact with people through inscriptions.
`color{blue}•` Kallnga War (261 BC) mentioned in 13th Major Rock Edict converted Ashoka to Buddhism under Upagupta.
`color{blue}•` Sanehi Stupa was built by Ashoka.
`color{blue}•` The last Mauryan king Brihadratha, was killed by Pushyamilra Sunga.
`color{blue}•` The Punch-marked coins carrying the symbol of the peacock and the hill and crescent, famed the imperial currency of Mauryas.