The powerful rulers‚ Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka‚ created comparable political and economic systems during the time in which each of them ruled India. Chandragupta Maurya took control over small regional kingdoms in the ruling dynasty‚ and made them into one empire‚ the Mauryan Empire‚ of which he then became ruler. Chandragupta’s political advisor‚ Kautalya‚ advised Chandragupta on political policies and government. Some of his advice can be found in the Indian political handbook called Arthashastra
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joining into what is now known as Afghanistan. Mauryan Empire conquered the trans-Indus region‚ which was under Macedonian rule. The empire then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I‚ a Greek general from Alexander The Great’s army. Under Chandragupta Maurya (The founder) and his successors‚ both internal and external trade‚ and agriculture and economic activities‚ thrived and expanded across India thanks to the creation of a single and efficient system of finance‚ administration and security.
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Taylor Beck October 22‚ 2013 Period: 1 CHAPTER 6 ESSAY QUESTIONS 1. The story of Arjuna and Krishna was a perfect metaphor for understanding the meaning of god in Hinduism as well as the importance of karma and reincarnation because it was so easy applicable to the average person. Arjuna is faced with a problem; he is hovering over what needs to be done and the needs of the people. He is really torn. You really start feeling for him because his story and hardships are very relatable to
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At the time of Chandragupta behind all these managerial initiatives one man named Kautilya remained always active and responsible.He was also called Vishnugupta or Chanakya and famous for his pedantry and book ‘Arthasastra’as George remarks in his ‘The History Of Management Thought’ that although many individual today know of Machiavelli‚few have heard of Kautilya‚his counterpart‚who predated him by two thousand years.He was a great scholar who played a dominant part in the establishment ‚growth
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|Factual Information |Quote |CCOT | | |Mauryan: ruled by Chandragupta Maurya and later on by his Grandson | | | |POLITICAL |Ashoka. Followed the laws on the 5 pillars set up by Ashoka. They |
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Ancient India India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Its ancient history dates back further than most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first
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included collection of taxes for maintaining public works. His son expanded the kingdom even further Then Nandas usurped the throne and further expanded the kingdom to become the first empire builders of India. They in turn were overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya in 323 BC By Toolika Gupta‚ Associate Prof. FD Delhi 3 Social Life Continued • North western India was a part of the Persian Empire‚ as Cyrus the king of Persia had annexed the states of Kamboja and Gandhara and most of the trans Indus region
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as the truth whatever is taught to him. Therefore‚ a prince should be taught what is dharma and artha‚ not what is unrighteous and materially harmful.” In conclusion we may say that Kautilya understood the link between character -building and nation-building. 3. WAR AND MILITARY STRATEGY Of War‚ Kautilya states‚ “When advantages derivable from peace and war are of equal character‚ one should prefer peace; for disadvantages‚ such as the loss of power and wealth‚ and sojourning‚ and sin‚ are
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Vishnugupta‚ was born in Pataliputra‚ Magadh (modern Bihar)‚ and later moved to Taxila‚ in Gandhar province(now in Pakistan). He was a professor (acharya) of political science at the Takshashila University and later the Prime Minister of the Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. He is regarded as one of the earliest known political thinkers‚ economists and king-makers. He was the man to envision the first Indian empire by unification of the then numerous kingdoms in the Indian sub-continent
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UNIT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AT THE ADVENT OF BRITISH RULE 1.0 ’ Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Mauryan and Gupta Administration 1.3 Major Characteristics of Moghul Administration 1.3.1 Role of the King 1.3.2 Bureaucracy 1.3.3 Army 1.3.4 Police 1.4 Structure of the Moghul Administrative System 1.4.1 Central Administration 1.4.2 Provincial Administration 1.4.3 District and Local Administration 1.5 Revenue Administration 1.5.1 Land Revenue as the Primary Source of Income 1.5.2 Types of Land Tenurial
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