His empire also lasted two hundred years, while Alexander’s broke up within a few years of his death. Chandragupta also was a hero, a great administrator and only twenty years old when he created this empire. This empire was quite as large as Alexander’s empire, as culturally diverse and as rich. Why Chandragupta Maurya? Because he was the founder of the first Indian Empire – a huge empire that stretched from Burma to eastern Iran, from Central Asia to South India. But even more interesting (and easier to write about from my point of view, since more documentation exists) is Chandragupta Maurya. The Magadhan kings Bimbisara and Ajatashatru circa 500 B.C. So apart from the ancient Indian epics the Mahabharata and Ramayana, what is a good starting point to begin understanding ancient Indian history? A difficult question. So I will try and recreate the splendor and glory of what was ancient India in this blog. But that does not mean these empires did not exist.
Alas, no such detailed accounts exist of the Indian empires of old.
In addition, western historians (propagandists actually) such as Strabo, Plutarch and later Livy and Virgil painstakingly documented (and greatly exaggerated) the achievements of their own Greek and Roman monarchs. Sadly, no magnificent ruins of Pataliputra remain to remind us of the Mauryan Empire’s greatness, like Persepolis or Pasargadae in Iran or the Parthenon in Greece. The Mauryan Empire ruled by Ashoka was also far larger and richer than the Athens of two hundred years earlier. The difference is that Ashoka ruled over many more people, and his reign was compassionate and benign. The Mauryan Empire that he ruled has been compared to the Athenian Golden Age under Pericles (circa 440 B.C). Ashoka was an enlightened ruler, especially after he embraced Buddhism. Wells in his book “A Short History of the World” observed that Ashoka’s rule circa 250 B.C. After all, we have produced such great spiritual leaders and philosophers such as the Buddha, Mahavira and Shankaracharya as well as great emperors such as Bimbisara, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka the Great and Vikramaditya. India’s ancient history is at least as glorious and noteworthy as that of the Persians, Greeks or Romans.
What about Indian kings, someone asked me? What about our own glorious history and heritage? Why are you not writing about that? All very valid questions – and they are right. He did not want foreghners ruler in his country.In my last few ancient history posts, I have written about Hannibal (the great Carthaginian general), Cyrus the Great, Darius I and Xerxes (the great Persian emperors of the Achaemenid Empire) and briefly about Alexander and Julius Caesar. I have watched all episodes, every episode has big entertenment, I have found my ancient culture.What abeauty was in india.and has prosperity in my country.But India has badbluck, foreigners have come and become a ruler, Those foreigners do rule on our self, at rhat time india was the best country of the world, and india was the richest country of the world.every country and every person of the world want to do the buisness with india.as a buisnessman those foreghners came to india, and get some gready indians.And lure them for some gold.and attract those to ourself Slowly slowly those people involve in indian politics and in the last they have Possession on india, and those foreghners people sneeching the propetties from our indian people.and do the create crises for them.there was, anywhere, A man was standind in the name of Aachaarye Chankya.India's protecter. Chandragupt maurya is the best dramtist sereal no one is like this.
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