HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Ashoka
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Hammurabi
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Qin Shihuangdi
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Alexander the Great
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Maurya kingdom expanded to become an empire that reached its peak under the reign of his grandson, Ashoka, from 268 BCE to 231 BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ashoka was followed for 50 years by a succession of weaker kings. He was succeeded by Dasharatha Maurya, who was Ashoka’s grandson. None of Ashoka’s sons could ascend to the throne after him. Mahinda, his firstborn, became a Buddhist monk.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Ashoka, also spelled Aśoka, (died 238? bce, India), last major emperor of the Mauryan dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of Buddhism during his reign (c. 265–238 bce; also given as c.