PCS 2025 Test 19 Discussion | Magadha Empire, Mauryan Legacy & Post-Mauryan Dynasties| Learners Yard

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🧠 Magadh to Mauryan Empire | Ancient Indian History Simplified

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This session traces the rise of Magadh, the first great Mahajanapada, the foundation of the Mauryan Empire, and the cultural-political developments in Post-Mauryan India, including foreign contacts and the Satavahana dynasty.

📖 This Lecture Covers:
🔹 Magadh Empire

Rise of Magadh among the 16 Mahajanapadas

Factors behind its success: geography, fertile soil, iron mines, elephants

Important rulers: Bimbisara (Haryanka dynasty), Ajatashatru, and Shishunaga

Nanda dynasty and its significance before Mauryan ascendancy

🔹 Mauryan Empire

Foundation by Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya

Administration & Arthashastra insights

Ashoka the Great: Kalinga War, Dhamma policy, spread of Buddhism

Economy, trade, taxation system, and state control

Decline of the Mauryan Empire

🔹 Post-Mauryan India

Central Asian contact: Indo-Greeks, Shakas, Kushanas

Cultural assimilation and impact on Indian art, architecture & coinage

Rise of the Satavahanas in the Deccan

Administration, economy, role in trade (especially with Romans)

Contribution to Buddhism and Prakrit literature

✨ What You’ll Learn:

How Magadh became the nucleus of India’s first empires

The role of the Mauryan Empire in unifying most of the subcontinent

Ashoka’s legacy and Buddhist influence across Asia

The importance of Central Asian rulers in shaping India’s culture and economy

How the Satavahanas revived Indian polity in the Deccan region

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