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Mauryan Empire Map

The territorial extent of the Mauryan Empire can be seen in the given map:

It spans more than five million square kilometers. It was surrounded on three sides by mountains: the Himalayas, the Ganges River to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Indus River, and the Arabian Sea to the west as can be seen in the map.

Rulers of the Mauryan Empire

Let’s examine the rulers who governed the Mauryan Empire below.

Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta founded the Mauryan empire. He was supported by Chanakya. Chandragupta embraced Jainism towards the end of his life and stepped down from the throne in favor if his son, Bindusara. According to Jain texts, Chandragupta Maurya adopted Jainism and went to the hills of Shravanabelagola (near Mysore) and committed Sallekhana (death by slow starvation).

Bindusara

Bindusara, the second monarch of the Mauryan Dynasty, was the offspring of Chandragupta Maurya. Also recognized as Amitraghata, which translates to “killer of enemies,” he held dominion over a significant expanse of India, skillfully unifying 16 nations beneath the Mauryan Empire. Bindusara adeptly annexed the region stretching from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, effectively establishing Mauryan influence across much of the subcontinent.

Notably, Bindusara cultivated harmonious diplomatic ties with the Greeks, with Deimachus serving as the envoy from the Seleucid emperor Antiochus I to Bindusara’s court.

Among his numerous spouses, Bindusara is believed to have fathered around 16 sons, including the renowned figure, Ashoka. Contrary to being the eldest, Ashoka, according to the Buddhist account of Ashokavadana, was designated as the governor of Ujjain during Bindusara’s rule. Following Bindusara’s demise, Ashoka ascended to power as the third Mauryan emperor.

Although historical records provide limited insight into Bindusara’s personal life and achievements, his reign significantly contributed to the expansion and consolidation of the Mauryan Empire. This laid a crucial foundation for the illustrious rule of his notable son, Ashoka.

Ashoka

Ashoka was a the greatest king of the Mauryan empire. As king, he was forceful and ambitious,
reinforcing the Empire’s dominance in southern and western India. However, his victory over Kalinga (262-261 BCE) was set out to be a defining moment in his life. After Kalinga war, looking at the devastation and violence, he decided to abjure violence and follow the path of Ahimsa.

Ashoka put the tenets of Ahimsa into practice by repealing sports like hunting and putting an end to forced labour and indentured slavery. The Dhamma Vijay policy also placed a strong emphasis on non- violence, which was to be observed by denying war and conquests as well as by refusing the death of animals.

After Ashoka, a series of less powerful rulers served. Dasharatha Maurya, the grandson of Ashoka, succeeded him. His first child, Mahinda, was intent on making Buddhism popular everywhere. Due to his eye defect, Kunala Maurya was not good at taking the enthrone, and Tivala, the descendant of Kaurwaki, passed away even before the death of Ashoka. Jalauka, another son, has a relatively uneventful backstory of life.
Under Dasharatha, the Empire lost a great deal of land, which Kunala’s son Samprati eventually took to recover.

Brihadratha

Brihadratha was the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty, who reigned from around 187 BCE to 180 BCE. He was the grandson of Emperor Ashoka and the son of Ashoka’s son, Kunala.

Brihadratha’s reign was marked by political instability and internal strife, as many of his ministers and governors sought to increase their own power at the expense of the central government. According to tradition, Brihadratha was eventually assassinated by his own minister, Pushyamitra Shunga, who then established the Shunga dynasty and became the new ruler of India.

Brihadratha’s reign marked the end of the Mauryan Empire, which had once been the most powerful empire in India. Despite the decline and eventual fall of the Mauryan dynasty, the empire’s legacy continued to influence Indian culture and society for centuries to come. The period of Mauryan rule was marked by significant advancements in art, architecture, literature, science, and philosophy, as well as the spread of Buddhism throughout India and beyond.

Mauryan Empire

The Mauryan Empire: The Mauryan Empire was the first pan-Indian empire. It covered a large area of the present Indian region except for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and some parts of northeastern India, though it was centered around Magadha. Its boundary reaches parts of modern-day Iran. The empire was characterized by a strong central government, an efficient administrative system, and a well-organized army. They also had fair rules and laws, a system for measuring things that were the same everywhere, and they helped spread Buddhism.

The Mauryan Empire History

The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Kautilya. The Mauryan empire was established in 321 B.C.E. and continued till 185 B.C.E. Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.E. left a large power vacuum, and Chandragupta took advantage, gathering an army and overthrowing the Nanda dynasty in Magadha, in present-day eastern India, marking the start of the Mauryan Empire. After crowning himself king, Chandragupta took additional lands through force and by forming alliances.

Chandragupta’s chief minister Kautilya, also called Chanakya, advised Chandragupta and contributed to the empire’s legacy. Kautilya is also known for writing the Arthashastra, which describes how a state should organize its economy and maintain power.

During Emperor Ashoka, the empire was expanded to its biggest on the Indian subcontinent, spanning more than five million square kilometers. It was surrounded on three sides by mountains: the Himalayas, the Ganges River to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Indus River, and the Arabian Sea to the west. Patliputra, which resembles modern-day Patna in Bihar, was the capital of the Mauryan empire.

The Colourful Weather of North East India.

This is the most an important place of North East India where the weather is being a colourful by anywhere in the North eastern reason of India. As we know that Meghalaya is the most important state of India because it is always famous for tourism hub.

In the Meghalaya there are so many tourism place which is the known as Natural beauty as well as the tourism spot. But one thing I would like to draw your kind attention that the weather of North East India is no doubt colourful.

Today I have captured the romantic photo of the sky in North East India actually I am in Assam the tourism half of North East India.

People love North East India not only natural beauty but also it's culture. As we know the seven sister of North East India Assam is one of the most important state of North East India.

I hope that you have come here for to see the natural beauty of North East India. You can come Kaziranga National Park, you can come the Majuli delta, you can come the half long which is known as the Switzerland of North East India, and you also come Meghalaya for tourism.

The Hojai Railway Station and its Beauty.

This is Hojai railway station. One of the most popular railway station of North East India. This is also well known as the city of Joy. Hair and their so many Temple and Moscow situated in this city. People come here very early morning for catch the train and go outside of the city.

The Hojai city is also known the place of Merchant. Actually it is the CBD all over Assam. And Assam like the triangle shape and hojai is in the middle of Assam.

This city is not so much for I mean distance from Kamakhya temple. It may be 150 km distance from Guwahati Railway station. And almost 32 or 40 km distance from Lumding Railway Headquarter.

Badruddin Ajmal is the greatest merchant of Hojai City . People gathered this city for many religious purpose like Kristen ,Naam kirtan Eid ul azha Eid ul zuha ,meri Christmas etc. And this is the city where people live together like a good friend and similar like master and student.

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Nagaland

In North East India, Nagaland is bounded by Assam in the West, Myanmar on the East, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam on the North and Manipur in the South.The State consists of 16 (Sixteen) Administrative Districts, inhabited by 17 major Tribes along with subtribes. 

Each tribe is distinct in character from the other in terms of customs, language and dress.It is a land of folklore passed down the generations through word of mouth.

Here, music is an integral part of life; folk songs eulogising ancestors, the brave deeds of warriors and traditional heroes; poetic love songs immortalising ancient tragic love stories; Gospel songs that touch your soul (should you have a religious bend of mind) or the modern tunes rendered exquisitely to set your feetThe present generation of Nagas have ventured into fashion designing in a big way,reproducing fabrics that represent the ancestral motifs blended with modern appeal.

 Indeed, it is a beautiful mix of the past with the present,a paradise for those who are into fashion designing. This is an affluent fashion station of the East.

The traditional ceremonial attire of each tribe is in itself, an awe inspiring sight to behold; the multicoloured spears and daos decorated with dyed goats hair, the headgear made of finely woven bamboo interlaced with orchid stems, adorned with boar's teeth and hornbill's feathers, elephant tusk armlets.

 In days of yore every warrior had to earn each of these items through acts of valour, to wear them.

Nature could not have been kinder to Nagaland, sometimes referred to as the Switzerland of the East; the exquisitely picturesque landscapes, the vibrantly colourful sunrise and sunset, lush and verdant flora, this is a land that represents unimaginable beauty, moulded perfectly for a breath taking experience.

Its people belong to the Indo-Mongoloid stock, whose ancestors lived off nature's abundant gifts, blessed with sturdy formidable dispositions. Above all, the people here are warmhearted and extremely hospitable.

Nagaland is blessed with salubrious climate throughout the year and one can visit it anytime. If one is looking for a quiet getaway, from the hustle and bustle of city life, it provides the right ambience; as life here is laidback and slow - providing a tension free life.

For the adventurous and the intrepid, Nagaland is an ideal place for trekking, rock climbing, jungle camping and offers limitless exploration possibilities in its lush and verdant sub-tropical rain forests which are also a treasure trove of a plethora of medicinal plants.

Classification of Economics Activity

Economics Activity is the modern way to to divide the working system of the modern world. Anyway there is so many classification of Economics activities. Mainly the five types of Economics activity already have. And those are the example...

1) Primary Economics Activities -the primary economics activities are the basic activities of the world which is direct connect to the nature I mean agriculture and its related materials.

                 The example of Primary Economics Activities are ....... Agriculture, Fishing for Fish Cultivation, Honey collect from forest etc.

2) Secondary Economics Activities -The Secondary Economics Activity is that the product which is directly collected from first class economics activity and its production in industrial area.

The example of secondary economics activities are, industrial goods or industrial activities and koel or mineral collection from the Earth

3) Tertiary Economics Activities -The Economics Activities are those kinds of activities where people do their business or business related materials.

As an example of tertiary economics activities is business communication etc.

4) Tertinari Economics Activities-The Terinary Economics Activity is that the people people give their service for money. 

As an example a teacher or a doctor give the service to at the nation on the other head they can got money from the component authorities or government

5) Quinary Economics Activities-The quinary Economics Activities is there the people who are working in the higher position of the society as think tank. They are also called gold collar labour.

As an example of query economic activity is that the person who are do they are duty as think tanker that is Scientist, Economicst etc people.

The Top Most Tourism Place in North East India.

I wonder when I have seen the Lumding Hills in the Middle Day, it's really really amazing Natural Scenery.It was some thing different from other Places in Assam as well as North East India.

People come here to see and visit the Tourism place at Lumding Hills. Here Somany House already have specially Isolated Settlement. Because the Dencity of People is not so High specially in Assam.

Dear viewers I also hope you shall come here to see this kinds of natural beauty. Once upon a time I had gone to "Majuli"the largest or biggest "Delta"of river Brahmaputra in the world. It is really really wonderful thing of the world. Because in Majuli it is similar like a village but surrounding Majuli you can see water.

I also gone New haflong, the Switzerland of North East India. And actually it is famous for natural beauty. Decide new haflong , "Jatinga" the "Birds Suicide Point" also situated there.

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