{"slug": "maurya-empire", "label": "Maurya Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62943", "qid": "Q62943", "description": "ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)", "entries": 26, "years": 22, "span": [-339, -179], "span_label": ["340 BCE", "180 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Maurya", "Maurya period", "Mauryan", "Mauryan Empire", "Mauryan dynasty", "Mauryan empire"], "related": [{"slug": "chandragupta-maurya", "label": "Chandragupta Maurya", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "ashoka", "label": "Ashoka", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "magadha", "label": "Magadha", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seleucus-i-nicator", "label": "Seleucus I Nicator", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chang-an", "label": "Chang'an", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bihar", "label": "Bihar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "the-buddha", "label": "The Buddha", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhists", "label": "Buddhists", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -339, "year_label": "340 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239354213#Births", "title": "340 BC", "revid": 1239354213, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -321, "year_label": "322 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help of Chanakya (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroys the Nanda rulers of Magadha and establishes the Maurya Empire. It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1316405653#India", "title": "322 BC", "revid": 1316405653, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -320, "year_label": "321 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, establishes himself as the king of Magadha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359962346#India", "title": "321 BC", "revid": 1359962346, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -319, "year_label": "320 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Bindusara, the heir to the throne of the Mauryan Empire, is born. (d. 272 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1166431272#Births", "title": "320 BC", "revid": 1166431272, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -303, "year_label": "304 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan emperor Chandragupta defeats Seleucus I Nicator as he tries to invade India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355692793#India", "title": "304 BC", "revid": 1355692793, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -303, "year_label": "304 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ashoka, Indian emperor and ruler of the Maurya Empire in present-day Eastern India 268–232 BC (d. 232 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355692793#Births", "title": "304 BC", "revid": 1355692793, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -302, "year_label": "303 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Seleucus I Nicator expands his kingdom throughout Persia as far east as India, but his advance is eventually halted by Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya dynasty of India. In a pact concluded by the two leaders, Seleucus agrees to territorial concessions in exchange for 500 war-trained elephants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172932#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "303 BC", "revid": 1354172932, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -297, "year_label": "298 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129361#India", "title": "298 BC", "revid": 1350129361, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -296, "year_label": "297 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of the Maurya Empire in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129350#Deaths", "title": "297 BC", "revid": 1350129350, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -271, "year_label": "272 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, sends the Mauryan army to conquer the southern kingdoms. Kadamba is conquered.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172942#India", "title": "272 BC", "revid": 1354172942, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -271, "year_label": "272 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Bindusara, emperor of the Mauryan Empire (b. c. 320 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172942#Deaths", "title": "272 BC", "revid": 1354172942, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -270, "year_label": "271 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan empire annexes the southern kingdoms till the realms of the three crowned kings of Chola, Chera and Pandya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370482485#India", "title": "271 BC", "revid": 1370482485, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -267, "year_label": "268 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369785417#India", "title": "268 BC", "revid": 1369785417, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -265, "year_label": "266 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532834#India", "title": "266 BC", "revid": 1373532834, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -260, "year_label": "261 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mauryan Emperor Ashoka wages a war against the independent kingdom of Kalinga, culminating in the Battle of the Dhauli Hills. In the aftermath, Kalinga is annexed into the Mauryan Empire, but the brutality of the war is believed to have led to Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism, as described in his many Edicts of Ashoka.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278727971#India", "title": "261 BC", "revid": 1278727971, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "According to the Theravāda commentaries and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council is convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra (modern Patna), under the leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa. Its objective is to purify the Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic factions which are being attracted by the royal patronage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#India", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan sculpture Didarganj Yakshi holding a Fly Whisk, from Patna, Bihar in India, is made (approximate date). It is now kept at the Patna Museum in Patna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#India", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -247, "year_label": "248 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan king Ashoka is dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism and begins establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267837859#India", "title": "248 BC", "revid": 1267837859, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Ashokan pillar in Lauriya, Nandangarh (from the Maurya period) is made.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#India", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -231, "year_label": "232 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ashoka, Indian emperor, who has ruled the Maurya Empire across the Indian subcontinent from 273 BC (b. 304 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319908071#Deaths", "title": "232 BC", "revid": 1319908071, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -223, "year_label": "224 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dasharatha, Mauryan emperor of Magadha (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172702#Deaths", "title": "224 BC", "revid": 1354172702, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Samprati, Mauryan emperor of Magadha", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Deaths", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -194, "year_label": "195 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Chang'an, the capital of China, is thought to become the largest city in the world at this time, taking over from Pataliputra, the capital of the Mauryan empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115647#China", "title": "195 BC", "revid": 1300115647, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -184, "year_label": "185 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pushyamitra Shunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the Shunga dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369352571#India", "title": "185 BC", "revid": 1369352571, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -184, "year_label": "185 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Brhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty (from 197 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369352571#Deaths", "title": "185 BC", "revid": 1369352571, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius I starts his invasion of present-day Pakistan, following the earlier destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by general Pushyamitra Shunga.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100368#Bactria", "title": "180 BC", "revid": 1266100368, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}]}