Maurya Empire

ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)

Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, in Madhya Pradesh, India

Pataliputra (IAST: ), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE, as a small fort () near the Ganges river. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges. He shifted his capital from Rajgriha to Pataliputra due to the latter's central location in the empire.

ancient major road in Asia from Teknaf, Bangladesh, to Kabul, Afghanistan

thumb|Map showing Gedrosia in the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great thumb|right|200px|A map of Gedrosia from Munster's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' Gedrosia (; ) is the Hellenized name of the part of coastal Makran in what is now Balochistan. In the accounts about Alexander the Great and his successors, the area referred to as Gedrosia runs from the Indus River to the north-eastern edge of the Strait of Hormuz. It is directly to the south of the provinces of Arachosia and Drangiana, to the east of the province of Carmania, and due west of the Indus which formed a natural boundary bet

war fought by Ashoka

rock-cut caves in Bihar, India

The Ashokavadana (; ; ) is an Indian Sanskrit-language text that describes the birth and reign of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. It glorifies Ashoka as a Buddhist emperor whose only ambition was to spread Buddhism far and wide.

art produced during the Mauryan Empire

Buddhist structure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan

war

Kumhrar or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913. It is located 5 km east of Patna Railway Station.

Buddhist cave in Bihar, India

site of an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BC in Narsingdi district of Bangladesh

archaeological Site in Taxila, Pakistan

archaeological site in Bihar, India

Salamgarh (), officially Islamgarh (), is an old city and now a neighbourhood in Jalalpur Jattan, in Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated to the south of the old city of Jalalpur Jattan.