PUT TOGETHER AND PRESENTED BY SERENA SIMPSON, JESSICA O, & RYAN FAIRCHILD

THE EMPIRE WAS FOUNDED IN 322 BC BY CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA.

UNDER THE THE RULE OF ASHOKA, THE EMPIRE WAS CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM.

EXPANDED WESTWARDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIA.

STRETCHED TO THE HIMALAYAS AND CONQUERED MUCH OF PAKISTAN.

AT THE HEAD YOU HAD BRAHMINS, THE PRIESTS. THE ARMS ARE THE KSHATRIYAS, WARRIORS

THE BODY IS THE VAISYAS WHICH ARE THE HERDERS, FARMERS,MERCHANTS AND CRAFTSMEN

AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE LEGS, WOULD BE THE SERVANTS OR LABORERS

HINDUISM WAS THE MAIN RELIGION

WHEN LED BY ASHOKA THE EMPIRE WAS CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM

BINDUSARA: SON OF CHANDRAGUPTA, RULER OF THE EMPIRE 320BC-272BC

THE RULER THAT AFTER SEEING OVER 100,00O PEOPLE DIE CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM

THE MAURYA EMPIRE WAS A HIGHLY CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT.

CONSTRUCTION ON ROADS, WATER WAYS, CANALS, HOSPITALS, AND PUBLIC PLACES.

THEY REGULATED TAX COLLECTION, TRADE, AND COMMERCE.

AGRAIN ECONOMY. AGRICULTURE WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE ECONOMY.

FIRST INDIAN EMPIRE, CENTER OF CONTROL WAS THE KIND BUT PRIESTS GAINED SOME POWER

KING WAS EXPECTED TO CONSULT WITH A COUNSEL BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS.

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