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The 40 pages that link to Maurya Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• AshokaNarrower topic: Ashoka inherited and expanded this empire’s extensive territory and administrative system.

• Brahmi scriptNarrower topic: Its administration and Ashoka’s proclamations provide the setting for Brahmi’s early expansion.

• Edicts of AshokaNarrower topic: Its territory and administration shaped where the inscriptions appeared and what they addressed.

• PataliputraNarrower topic: Pataliputra served as its capital and coordinating center.

• SanchiNarrower topic: Sanchi’s earliest major monument belongs to the period of Mauryan imperial power.

• KalingaNarrower topic: Kalinga’s independence placed it outside a powerful neighboring empire.

• James PrinsepNarrower topic: Reading Ashokan inscriptions made the empire’s history more directly accessible through its own records.

• Kalinga WarNarrower topic: The campaign extended Mauryan power into Kalinga.

• MegasthenesNarrower topic: Megasthenes’s account is a major, though fragmentary, source on this empire.

• BindusaraNarrower topic: Bindusara’s reign formed the middle link in the empire’s early dynastic history.

• ChanakyaNarrower topic: Chanakya’s lasting political significance rests on his association with its establishment.

• Sanchi StupaNarrower topic: The earliest stupa arose within the political world of Ashoka’s empire.

• Shunga EmpireNarrower topic: Its collapse created the opening for Pushyamitra's rise.

• Pillars of AshokaNarrower topic: Its roads and territories formed the political landscape across which the pillars were erected.

• Pushyamitra ShungaNarrower topic: Pushyamitra’s seizure of power ended the empire’s ruling line.