Maurya

- guided by kautilya (an elderly, crafty brahmin)
 * Mauryan empire (4th to 2nd Centuries BC)**
 * **Chandragupta Maurya= 1st leader**
 * United India
 * wrote Arthashastra
 * Political and Economical Policies
 * Kingdom was in Maganda
 * Foreign Policy - "My enemy's enemy is my friend"


 * **Ashoka**
 * Chandragupta Maurya's Grandson and Successor
 * Extended boundries
 * became Buddhist/After Wars
 * Empire fell around 232 BC