The decline of the Maurya Dynasty was rather rapid after the death of Ashoka/Asoka. One obvious reason for it was the succession of weak kings. Another immediate cause was the partition of the ...

In art, the Dashavatara Temple's relief sculptures ... dominated India for around a century and shaped history: The Mauryan Empire, known as one of the greatest empires in human history, ruled ...

The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE ... and significant contributions to art and culture. Ashoka’s reign, in particular, marked the spread of Buddhism and the adoption of welfare-oriented ...

Unlike the Mauryan Empire's centralized bureaucracy ... the arts—poetry, dance, art, and temple building—flourished. But the Cholan artistic legacy is most evident in the bronze sculptures ...