INDIA

MAURYAN GOVERNMENT

• one of the main architects of Mauryan power was Chandragupta's chief minister, Chanakya.

ASOKA

• Asoka was ancient India's greatest ruler. He adopted the peaceful doctrines of Buddhism and declared that henceforth his conquests should be conquests of religion.

GUPTA EMPIRE

• In 185 B.C.E., the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated.

MONARCHY

• In ancient India, the citizens were subjected to the authority of the state. The Ancient Society proceeded with the king who eventually became all-powerful monarch.

MONARCHY

• The concept of Absolute Monarchy came to India just after the early centuries of the Christian era. During that period the whole of India experienced absolute monarchy. The system demands the king as the supreme authority of the land and the word of the king was law.

CREDITS

• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/asoka.html http://www.ushistory.org/civ/8e.asp http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-the-mauryan-empire http://www.indianetzone.com/40/absolute_monarchy_india.htm http://www.indianetzone.com/40/absolute_monarchy_india.htm