Empire

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty. The origin and early life of Chandragupta is shrouded in mystery. The earliest Indian tradition preserved in the Puranas is silent on this point. It merely says that Kautilya…

Arthashastra (also Arthasastra) is an ancient treatise on economic, political and military administration of the state. It was written by Chanakya (also Kautilya, Vishnu Gupta). Arthashastra is the the most authentic and important sources…

The Buddhists authors have claimed King Kanishka as faithful to Buddhism. They claimed that like his great forerunner Ashoka, Kanishka in his later days being regretful of his past deeds, had embraced Buddhism for peace and consolation.…

The Mauryan Administration System The Mauryan administration system was efficient and monarchical. The king of the Mauryan government was the head of the Mauryan empire administration. The Mauryan Empire had the privileged of having…

Chandragupta II (or Vikramaditya)  was the most celebrated king of Gupta Empire. He was the son of the the Great Gupta Emperor – Samudragupta. His mother was Datta Devi. Historians are still confused if Chandragupta II was the eldest son of…

King Samudragupta, known as Samudragupta the great, was the son of Chandragupta I. He was the son of Chandragupta I’s Lichchavi queen Kumaradevi and possibly was not the eldest son. From the “Allahabad Prasasthi” composed by Harishena, it…

Causes and Effect of Kalinga War on Ashoka Ashoka Priyadarsi ascended the Magadhan throne as the new Maurya ruler in 273 B.C.  Ashoka was anxious to distinguish himself as a conqueror. Ashoka was ascended to the throne in 273 B.C.. But he…

In the beginning of the 4th century A.D., the Rise of Gupta Empire (Gupta Kingdom) started a new era in the history of India. Various local powers who broke away from the Kushana authority formed independent kingdoms, some of whom where…

Decline of the Gupta Empire “Empire, like human beings, has birth, rise and death.” The forces that worked towards the decline and downfall of Gupta Empire (Gupta Kingdom) are – the dissension in the ruling family, provincial rebellion,…

King Kanishka – A Brave Warrior and a Builder of Kushan Empire In the history of India, King Kanishka I was a brave warrior and is regarded as the greatest Kushan King. Kushan King Kanishka was a great conqueror and a patron of Buddhism.  …