{
  "slug": "mauryan",
  "name": "Mauryan Empire",
  "alt_names": [
    "Maurya Dynasty"
  ],
  "period": {
    "start": -322,
    "end": -185,
    "start_era": "BCE",
    "end_era": "BCE"
  },
  "region": "South Asia (most of subcontinent)",
  "capitals": [
    "Pataliputra"
  ],
  "rulers": [
    {
      "name": "Chandragupta Maurya",
      "reign_start": -322,
      "reign_end": -298,
      "notes": "Founder; tutored by Chanakya/Kautilya"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bindusara",
      "reign_start": -297,
      "reign_end": -273,
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Ashoka the Great",
      "reign_start": -268,
      "reign_end": -232,
      "notes": "Embraced Buddhism after Kalinga War; dhamma edicts"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dasharatha",
      "reign_start": -232,
      "reign_end": -224,
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Samprati",
      "reign_start": -224,
      "reign_end": -215,
      "notes": "Patron of Jainism"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shalishuka",
      "reign_start": -215,
      "reign_end": -202,
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Devavarman",
      "reign_start": -202,
      "reign_end": -195,
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Shatadhanvan",
      "reign_start": -195,
      "reign_end": -187,
      "notes": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Brihadratha",
      "reign_start": -187,
      "reign_end": -185,
      "notes": "Last Maurya; assassinated by Pushyamitra Shunga"
    }
  ],
  "religion": "Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism (pluralistic; Ashoka patronised Buddhism)",
  "predecessor": "nanda",
  "successor": "shunga",
  "notable_achievements": [
    "First pan-Indian empire",
    "Ashoka's rock and pillar edicts",
    "Spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka and Central Asia"
  ],
  "notes": ""
}