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    2 days ago · Shatadhanvan. 195–187 BCE. Brihadratha. 187–180 BCE. v. t. e. Ashoka ( Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during c. 268 to 232 BCE.

  3. Apr 16, 2024 · He is remembered as a model ruler, controlling a vast and diverse Mauryan empire through peace and respect, with dharma at the centre of his ideology. What were Ashoka’s achievements? Ashoka was able to rule over the vast and diverse Mauryan empire through a centralized policy of dharma that favoured peace and tolerance and that administered ...

  4. 2 days ago · The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. [22]

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    20 hours ago · South Asia; Area: 5,222,321 km 2 (2,016,349 sq mi ... The first ruler was Babur had Turco-Mongol roots and his realm included the northwestern and Indo-Gangetic Plain ...

    • 5,134,641 km² (1,982,496 sq mi)
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    • 1.94 billion (2022)
  6. Apr 23, 2024 · Genghis Khan (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea. Genghis Khan: His journey to power.

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  7. 2 days ago · Indus River in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistani-administered portion of Kashmir. South Asia, subregion of Asia, consisting of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and peninsular India. It includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; Afghanistan and the Maldives are often considered part of South Asia as well.

  8. 2 days ago · In the last twenty years or so there have been great transformations in the historiography of modern South Asia. It would not be too crude an exaggeration to say that no western historian of much intellectual ambition engaged with the subject from James Mill in the early nineteenth century until after the second world war, while Indian historians were little known outside the subcontinent.

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