The Gupta's 2

Chandragupta maurya  was an able and ambitious ruler.

He built a bast empire, stretching from hindu kush in the west to Bengal in the east and from the Himalayas in the north to narmada in the south.

Chandragutpa maurya  was succeeded by his son bindusara.

During  his reign bindusara expanded the empire up to mysore.

He was succeeded by his son ashoka.

Ashoka  ascended the throne in 273BCE.

At that time powerful kingdom, kalinga was not under mauryan control.

Kalinga controlled the land sea routes to south india and south-east asia.

Ashoka attacked kalinga in 216 BCE and comquered it after a bitter struggle.

The mauryan empire reached the height of  its political power during ashoka’s rule.

It stretched from the hindu kush in the west to Brahmaputra in the east and from the Himalayas in the north to mysore in the south.