Geographic HistoryMap of the Maurya Empire
On the Geographic History map, the Maurya Empire appears from 322 BC to 185 BC. It reaches its largest mapped extent in 187 BC: about 3.5 million km² across 127 provinces.
Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire around 322 BC, with its capital at Pataliputra, and under his grandson Ashoka it covered almost all of the Indian subcontinent. After the bloody conquest of Kalinga, Ashoka turned to Buddhism and had his edicts carved on rocks and pillars across the empire. The dynasty ended in 185 BC, when the general Pushyamitra Shunga killed the last Mauryan king.
The source dataset also uses this name outside 322 BC - 185 BC; this page counts only 322 BC - 185 BC.
Mapped area over time
The Maurya Empire on the world maps
Largest other states in 187 BC
| State | Mapped area |
|---|---|
| Seleucid Empire | 2.4 million km² |
| Han Dynasty | 2.4 million km² |
| Xiongnu | 1.9 million km² |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom | 1.1 million km² |
| Greco Baktria | 900 thousand km² |
| Chin | 550 thousand km² |
| Babyllinioi | 500 thousand km² |
| Avalites | 460 thousand km² |
About this map
Territory comes from the Chronas historical dataset used by the Geographic History app. Areas are approximate, computed from about 2,400 province shapes, and describe this map rather than official historical figures - border data for the ancient and medieval world is necessarily a reconstruction.
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