The Maurya Empire

As a part of my own research on Maurya Emperors, I came across this book. The structure, the flow, and the narrative is lucid and endearing. A good reference.

Whatever they found on google, put them as it is and tell people that this is history.Nonsense.....And there is no proof of Kautilya in history this just one of the famous stories, You are writing this in your books.

Really captivating and informative. Known a lot about past Indian History which could have been featured in text books for children V. Rajasekaran

When it comes to Indian Empires, very few foreign authors go beyond Mughals. Matt Clayton has done literary justice to the Empire which laid foundation of the country India that we know today. Very well written, all details covered from a historical perspective at the same time captures the attention and imagination of a naïve reader. Would highly recommend to anyone who would want to know about India.

I got the book, but apart from the cover page, the book is about some Islamic theology. I have no clue what happened🤔.

For 128 pages, this book is overpriced. Indian need to know about Mauryan Empire because nowadays we're inspire from them a lot. So the price should be reasonable.

This fascinating book analyses the Maurya Empire. The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE. It existed in a loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. The conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain centralized the Maurya Empire, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna). Outside this imperial center, the empire's geographical extent depended on the loyalty of military commanders who controlled the armed cities sprinkling it. During Ashoka's rule (ca. 268–232 BCE) the empire briefly controlled the major urban hubs and arteries of the Indian subcontinent, excepting the deep south. It declined for about 50 years after Ashoka's rule and dissolved in 185 BCE with the assassination of Brihadratha by Pushyamitra Shunga and the foundation of the Shunga dynasty in Magadha. Chandragupta Maurya raised an army, with the assistance of Chanakya, author of Arthasastra, and overthrew the Nanda Empire in c. 322 BCE. Chandragupta rapidly expanded his power westwards across central and western India by conquering the satraps left by Alexander the Great, and by 317 BCE the empire had fully occupied northwestern India. The Mauryan Empire then defeated Seleucus I, a diadochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire, during the Seleucid–Mauryan war, thus acquiring territory west of the Indus River. The Empire dominated India but eventually declined and collapsed. This book brings great information regarding this empire.

Mauryan Empire is best know for Ashoka's Pillars...There was Much Before & After that is Basically a Succession of Obscure Kings & Battles That are Simply Lists of Dates & Events that are usually left out of Standard Books on History of India...Great for the Completist~Who Wants Every Last Detail...