96: Ashoka's Pillar Edicts
Ashoka's Pillar Edicts: -Lauriya Araraj -Lauriya Nandangarh -Rampurva -Nigali Sagar -Samantha -Topara -Meerut...
97: Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts
Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts: -Kandhar - in Greek and Aramaic -Barabar - Cave inscription -Queen's Edict - Karuvaki and Tivara are mentioned in Queen's edict. -Bairat -Bhabru -Lampaka -Maski -Asoka Piyadassi -Sohgaura - Famine -Mahasthan...
98: Asoka
Asoka (268 - 232 B.C): -It was only in 1837 when James C Princep deciphered a 'Brahmani' inscription than Asoka came to light & became most popular ruler of Ancient Indian history. -Ashoka was the first king in the Indian history who has left his records engraved on stones. -The inscriptions on rocks are called Rock edicts and those on pillars, Pillar edicts. -The Ashokan inscriptions...
99: Bindusara
Bindusara: -He was emperor of the Maurya Empire from 297 BC 272 BC. -Bindusara extended his empire further as far as south Mysore. -He conquered sixteen states and extended the empire from sea to sea. -The empire included the whole of India except the region of Kalinga (modern Orissa) and the Tamil kingdoms of the south. -Kalinga was conquered by Bindusara's son Ashoka. -He is sa...
100: Chandra Gupta Maurya
Chandra Gupta Maurya (321 B.C to 297 B.C): -Chandra Gupta Maurya was the founder of the first empire of Indian History, the Mauryan Empire, at 25 years of age. -Chanakya or Vishnu Gupta or Kautilya, brought him up got him educated at Taxila. -Established the dynasty at Pataliputra in 321 B.C. by defeating Dhana Nanda of the Nanda Dynasty -By 312 B.C. occupied the entire region north o...