Mauryan Empire: Art and Architecture Mauryan rule marks an important phase in our cultural history. Mainly in the period of Ashoka, the art and architecture was at its zenith and fall within the ...

Mauryan Empire began to decline after the death of Ashoka in 232 BC. The last king was Brihadratha was assassinated in 185 BC-183 BC by his general Pushyamitra Shunga.

After his death around 238 B.C., Ashoka’s merciful style of gov­ernance waned along with the Mauryan Empire itself. His reign slipped into the realm of legend, until archaeologists translated ...

Impact on Indian Culture, Art, and Architecture. One of Ashoka’s major contributions was the construction of Buddhist monuments, many of which continue to be important cultural heritage sites today.

Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson Ashoka (Aśoka) (ca 304–233 B.C.) took the Mauryan Empire to its greatest geographical extent and its full height of power.

MUMBAI: If you were told that the unfashionable suburb of Nalla Sopara was one of coolest townships in Emperor Asoka's sprawling empire, would you thi ...

Ashoka, by Patrick Olivelle (Yale). This incisive biography aims to separate the historical Ashoka, who ruled a vast swath of the Indian subcontinent in the third century B.C., from the one of legend.

Ashoka reigned between 268–232 BCE and stands as one of India’s most well-known emperors. Popularly known for his vast Mauryan Empire that once stretched across the subcontinent, his legacy is ...

Lesson 2: An Edict on Ashoka; The Story of India; To honor the great achievements of Ashoka, students mimic the style of the Great Rock Edicts and write an edict memorializing one of Ashoka’s ...