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Maurya Empire: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia

By: Lavanya Vemsani
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:Asia; Buddha; Buddhism; dharma; dynasties; empires; India

The Maurya Empire is noted for founding a unified empire of India as well as a uniform civil code with respect for human life, which provided a unique ideal for the later dynasties of India. Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of this ...

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  Vemsani, L. (2012). Maurya empire: prehistory to 1200: south, central, and west asia. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. IV41-IV42). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n653
  
  Vemsani, Lavanya. "Maurya Empire: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, IV41-IV42. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n653.
  
  Vemsani, L. 2012. Maurya Empire: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. IV41-IV42 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n653> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Vemsani, Lavanya. "Maurya Empire: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. IV41-IV42. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n653.
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