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Maurya dynasty

Dynasty in India

  • Also called Mauryan dynasty
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Overview

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The house, member by member

One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.

Ashoka 304 BCE – 232 BCE

2 children in the house

  1. Sangamitta 282 BCE – 203 BCE
  2. Mahinda the 270s BCE – 204 BCE
One family in Maurya dynasty: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

Every member

People whose own records place them in this house.

Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

  • 4 holders
  • 2 gaps
  1. 321 BCE – 297 BCE Chandragupta Maurya founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)
  2. 297 BCE – 273 BCE Bindusara Mauryan Emperor

  3. Gap about 5 years before the next in this house

    268 BCE – 232 BCE Ashoka Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE

  4. Gap about 8 years before the next in this house

    224 BCE – 215 BCE Samprati Mauryan emperor

Affiliation

From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.

Affiliations recorded on members

An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.

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