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Empires of China and India,350 BC to AD 600 - Phillipsburg School ...

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<strong>350</strong> <strong>BC</strong> – <strong>AD</strong><strong>600</strong><br />

Ch<strong>and</strong>ragupta: 321 <strong>BC</strong>E-298<br />

•First Mauryan emperor<br />

•Unified northern <strong>India</strong>.<br />

• Defeated the Persian<br />

general Seleucus.<br />

• Divided his empire in<strong>to</strong><br />

provinces, then districts<br />

for tax assessments <strong>and</strong><br />

law enforcement.<br />

• He feared<br />

assassination [like<br />

Saddam Hussein] food<br />

tasters, slept in<br />

different rooms, etc.<br />

• 301 <strong>BC</strong>E gave up his<br />

throne & became a Jain.

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