Mauryan Empire

• Founder : Chandragupta Maurya
• known as sandrakottos, or (sandrokottos) to the Greeks
• Asoka the great - the 3rd king of the Mauryan Empire
• Ashoka means "without sorrow"
• Devanampiya Piyadassi means "Beloved of the Gods" and "gracious of mien"
• Asoka the great - he rejected war
• Asoka the great - developed the concept of dhamma (religious social conduct)
• Asoka the great - promoted Buddhism