HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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the Harappan Civilization
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the Gupta Empire
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the Akkadian Empire
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the Maurya Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chandragupta extended the borders of the Maurya Empire toward Seleucid Persia, after defeating Seleucus c. 305 BCE. In addition to this treaty, Seleucus dispatched two Greek ambassadors, Megasthenes and, later, Deimakos, to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mauryan Empire was bigger in size in comparison to its Gupta counterpart. For further reading check the following articles: Gupta Empire. Mauryan Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mauryan (322-185 BCE) and Gupta (320-550 CE) empires of India united large areas of the subcontinent. Ashoka’s reign spread Buddhism far and wide, and under the Guptas, India’s arts and sciences flourished.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra, modern Patna. Outside this imperial center, the empire’s geographical extent depended on the loyalty of military commanders who controlled the armed cities that sprinkled it.