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India – Empire of Chandragupta Maurya






                              T A J I K I S T A N
                                       Shahbazgarhi
                                         Mansehra
                                Herat
                                          Kabul
                          Ceded by Seleucus to
                          Chandragupta Maurya                 Srinagar
                                                Purushapura         H
                                                                     I
                                                                                C   H   I   N   A
                                                                       M
                               Gandhara                                  A
                                                 Indus                     L                                   S
                                                                              A
                                                                                Y      T I B E T          I  N
                                                                   Meerut          A     M        N  T  A
                                                       Indraprastha                         O  U
                                                                                                         Brahmaputra
                                                                                                 BHUTAN
                                                                              N E P A L
                                                                     Ganga
                                                            Mathura Yamuna
                                                          Bairat                MAGADHA
                                                                               Pataliputra  Champa
                                                                       Prayag   Kashi  Gaya
                         Tropic of Cancer                                                                    Tropic of Cancer
                                                         Ujjain  Sanchi   Rupnath
                                               SAURASHTRA                              Tamralipti
                                      Dwarka   Girnar  Narmada  I    N    D    I    A                       MYANMAR
                                                           Tapi                                              (BURMA)
                                              Surparka
                         A  R  A  B  I  A  N                                   KALINGA        B  A Y
                                                                ANDHRA    Godavari
                               S  E  A                                 Krishna                  O  F
                                                                Maski
                                                                                                                 Preparis Is.
                                                                                          B  E  N  G  A  L       (Myanmar)
                                                                Koppal                                          Coco Is.
                                                                                                                (Myanmar)
                                                                                      REFERENCES               Narcondam Is.
                                                                                Empire of Chandragupta Maurya  ANDAMAN  (India)
                                                                                      322–298 B.C.               Barren Is.
                                                                                                                  (India)
                                                                 CHOLAS              Extent of Empire      AND
                                                                   Kaveri
                                                                                     Present International
                                                                                     Boundary             (INDIA)
                                                                PANDYAS                                     NICOBAR
                                                          KERALAPUTRAS
                                              (INDIA)
                                                                                              Scale
                                                LAKS H AD W E E P
                                                                          SRI               1:20.8 million  400 km  ISLANDS
                                               MALDIVES                  LANKA        km 100  0  200
                                            I     N     D     I     A     N               O     C     E     A     N
                    Projection: Lambert Conical Orthomorphic















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