Administering The Empire

The Maurya Empire had a highly centralized administration system that was run by so many officials who directly reported to the king.

• In the Mauryan Administration System, there were almost five major political centers including Pataliputra, Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali, and Suvarnagiri.
• Pataliputra was the main administrative center and was the capital of the Maurya empire.
• The administration was divided into different levels.
• The king was assisted by the various officials who were responsible for performing the different works of the government.
• The total empire was divided into so many Janapadas and Mahajanapadas. There was a royal prince who governed these sections.
• The administrative system was really strong around the capital.
• Taxila and Ujjain were the most important trade centers at that time.
• Suvarnagiri was famous for the gold mines at the time of the Mauryas.
• Different land routes and river routes were majorly important to maintaining communication.
• There was a dedicated committee that mainly managed the whole army. Mauryan army had the foot soldiers, Navy, Elephant Fighters, and Cavalry.
• In the time of Ashoka, he tried to hold the empire together by propagating the dhamma.

An Early Empire is a subpart of the Class 12 History Chapter “Kings, Farmers and Towns”. It gives us a detailed view of the Early Empire of ancient India which was well known as the Maurya Empire. The Great Maurya Empire (322 BCE – 185 BCE) was the first empire that covered almost the Indian subcontinent joining some parts of present Iran. Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of this kingdom and Chanakya was the king maker.

In this article, we are going to discuss the subpart “An Early Empire” of the Class 12 History Chapter “Kings, Farmers and Towns” in detail.