HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Taxila
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ashoka – Massive Empire Ashoka ruled the entire Indian subcontinent (except parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala) from 268 B.C.E to 232 B.C.E. Ashoka expanded the empire of Chandragupta Maurya. It expanded from present-day Bangladesh in the east to Afghanistan in the west.
Detailed explanation-2: -His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan dynasty, grandson of its founder Chandragupta and son of the second emperor, Bindusara. Upon Bindusara’s death, Ashoka and his brothers engaged in a war of succession, and Ashoka emerged victorious after several years of conflict.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim and all North east states were outside of Ashokan empire.