HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Military inactivity on account of Ashoka’s pacifist policies
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Succession of weak kings after Ashoka and the partition of the empire after Ashoka
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Brahmanical revolt against the pro-Buddhist policy of Ashoka
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Absence of national consciousness and representative institutions
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Detailed explanation-1: -The adoption of ahimsa was definitely not the reason for the decline of the Mauryan empire. The actual reason why the Mauryan empire collapsed was the incapability of the successors of Ashoka.
Detailed explanation-2: -The glory of the Mauryan Empire started declining in 232 BCE after the glorious eras of Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara and Ashoka. The empire finally collapsed in 180 BCE when the last Mauryan Emperor Brihadratha was assassinated by his Brahmin general Pushyamitra Shunga.
Detailed explanation-3: -What happened after Mauryas? The Mauryan Empire collapsed about 2200 years ago. In its place (and elsewhere) rose several new kingdoms. In the north-west, and in parts of north India, kings known as the Indo-Greeks ruled for about 100 years.