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Question
State three important reasons for the decline of the Mauryan empire.
Solution
There were the following reasons for the decline of the Mauryan empire.
- Ashoka’s successors were weak and inefficient
- The empire was too vast and it was not easy to control the far-flung territories.
- In the absence of strong central authority, the provincial viceroys declared themselves independent.
- The expense of maintaining a large standing army and an elaborate administrative system was a heavy drain on the state treasury.
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