1. India’s First Empire

2. Maurya Empire Founded by Chandragupta Maurya
Capital City was Pataliputra
Both Described by Greek Ambassador Megathenes

3. Creation Chandragupta took the Ganges Valley and North India
Grandson conquered most the Deccan

4. Maintenance Well-organized Bureaucracy
Roads and harbors to increase trade
Royal Court System
Brutal police
Corruption
Crime
Dissent

5. Asoka the Great Great Stache, Great man! Conquered Kalinga
Converted to Buddhism
Sent Missionaries abroad
Tolerant of other religions
Created Pillar edicts
Offered Moral advice
Promised good government
Built Hospitals, shrines, roads, planted shade trees, rest houses