HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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It helped create a centrallized government.
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It made it easier for different parts of the empire to communicate.
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It made it easier for the empire to conquer northern India.
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It helped prevent others from taking control of the empire.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Maurya Empire’s political unity and internal peace encouraged the expansion of trade in India. During Ashoka’s reign, government oversaw the building of major roadways, and the Mauryan international network of trade expanded. India’s exports to places like Bactria and Persia included silk, textiles, and spices.
Detailed explanation-2: -It lasted from about 321 to 185 bce and was the first empire to encompass most of the Indian subcontinent. The Mauryan empire was an efficient and highly organized autocracy with a standing army and civil service.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this period the great ruler, Ashoka introduced various arts such as a monolithic pillar, Sarnath pillar etc. In these pillars, various art forms can easily be seen as part of the post-Mauryan period. Stone carving during that period is famous and several foreign labourers are involved in it.
Detailed explanation-4: -By 320 BCE, the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India. Chandragupta Maurya would become the first emperor to unify India into one state, creating one of the world’s largest empires in its time, and the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-5: -Employing a carefully organized bureaucratic system, the Maurya Empire was able to maintain security and political unity across large parts of western and southern Asia. This included a common economic system supporting stable agriculture in its vast landholdings, as well as successful trade and commerce.