मौर्य साम्राज्यम् (Sanskrit) मौर्य साम्राज्य (Hindi) Maurya
Empire at its maximum extent (Dark Blue), including its vassals
(Light Blue). |Capital||Pataliputra (Modern day Patna)|
|Languages||Old Indic Languages (e.g. Magadhi Prakrit, Other
Prakrits, Sanskrit)| |Government||Absolute Monarchy as described
in the Arthashastra| |-||320–258 BC||Chandragupta Maurya|
|Area||5,000,000 km² (1,930,511 sq mi)| |Today part of||
Afghanistan The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive
Iron Age historical power in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan
dynasty from 322 to 185 BCE. Originating from the kingdom of
Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains (modern Bihar, eastern Uttar
Pradesh) in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent, the
empire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modern Patna). The
Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had
overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and rapidly expanded his power
westwards across central and western India taking advantage of
the disruptions of local powers in the wak