THE MAURYA EMPIRE AND KINGDOMS OF THE DECCA PLATEAU

Mrs. Madison3rd period12/13/10

Kellie O’BrienAlyssa Tompkins

Taylor Tribley

The Mauryan Government

• Chandragupta Forges an Empire:• Chandragupta Maurya was a young

adventurer and he forged the first Indian empire. (The Mauryan Empire)

• He first gained power In the Ganges valley• Chandragupta Conquered northern India• The Mauryan empire was a bureaucracy.• Chandragupta's rule was very effective.

The Mauryan Government

• Asoka rules by moral example• Asoka was Chandragupta's grandson• Asoka fought in a war for the Deccan region.• After the war he converted to Buddhism.• Asoka sent our missionaries to spread

Buddhism throughout India.• Asoka built stone pillars.

The Mauryan Government

• Division and Disunity set in• After Asoka's death the Mauryan power

declined.• The people started to separate.• Conquerors came over the mountains borders

and attempted to capture them.• After the decline of the Mauryan power the

Deccan was divided into many kingdoms.

Kingdoms of the Deccan

• Each kingdom had its own capital.• The people of the Deccan were Dravidians.• Over the centuries Hindu and Buddhist , and

Sanskrit writing drifted south. • Deccan rulers usually tolerated other peoples

religions.

The Tamil Kingdom

• The Tamil Kingdom was part of India.

• Tamil rulers used over seas trading

• The Tamil kingdoms left a rich and diverse in literature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHe9mR4Zoc

SOURCES

• http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz87/malayaeducation/history/chandragupta-maurya.jpg

• http://djacobs.pbworks.com/f/1268173185/ashoka.jpg

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHe9mR4Zoc