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India – Empire of Ashoka








                                  PAROPANISADAI
                            Herat         Kabul Shahbazgarhi  Mansehra
                         Ceded by Seleucus to  Gandhara  Sindhu TAKSHASHILA KASHMIR  C   H   I   N   A
                          Chandragupta Maurya

                                                     Vitasta
                                                      Asikhi
                                                               Vipasa
                                                       Parusni
                        I  R  A  N                   Sutudri  Topra                     T I B E T
                                                               Kalsi
                                                              Meerut
                                                         Indraprastha  Yamuna  N E P A L         BHUTAN  KAMARUPA
                                                                    Ganga
                                                            Mathura   Mithilapuri       5
                                                        Bairat                Lumbini  1  2 3 4 Vaishali  Brahmaputra
                                                       (Bhabra) Charmanvati  Prayag  Sarnath  Ganga

                                                                              Sahasram
                       Tropic of Cancer                                              PATALIPUTRA              Tropic of Cancer
                                                                      Rupnath                 BENGAL
                                                        UJJAIN   Sanchi               Tamralipti (Port)
                                              Girnar     Narmada  I     N     D     I     A                  MYANMAR
                                                           Tapi                                              (BURMA)
                                                                                       Dhauli
                            A  R  A  B  I  A  N             PULINDAS               Mahanadi
                                                                                 TOSALI
                                S  E  A                Sopara                  Jaugada
                                                            PITINIKAS                          B  A Y
                             REFERENCES                              Yerragudi  KALINGA         O  F
                        Empire of Ashoka (250 B.C.)
                                                                          Godavari
                                                                    SWARNAGIRI
                             Empire of Ashoka                    Krishna                    B  E  N  G  A  L
                                                             Maski                                               Preparis Is.
                             Provincial Capital                                                                  (Myanmar)
                             Rock Edict                                                                         Coco Is.
                                                                                                                (Myanmar)
                                                           Siddapura
                             Pillar Edict                                                                       Narcondam Is.
                                                                                                                (India)
                             Present International         SATIYAPUTRA                                       ANDAMAN  Barren Is.
                             Boundary                                                                             (India)
                           1. Nigliva                           Mysore
                                                                   CHOLAS
                           2. Rummindi                      KERALAPUTRAS  Kaveri                            AND
                           3. Lauriya Nandgarh                                                            (INDIA)
                           4. Lauriya Areraj     LAKS H AD W E E P                                          NICOBAR
                           5. Rampurva         (INDIA)         PANDYAS
                             Areas that were not part
                             of Ashoka’s Empire                                                                ISLANDS
                                                                         TAMRAPARNI
                                           MALDIVES                                                        Scale
                                                      INDIAN                     OCEAN             km 100  0 1:20.8 million  400 km
                                                                                                             200
                    Projection: Lambert Conical Orthomorphic













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