Economy and Society Agriculture Crafts and Goods Trade Coins and Currency

Ashoka’s Dharmic State

Provincial Administration District and Village Administration Source of Revenue Judicial Administration

The Mauryan State and Polity Arthasastra

Ashoka Edicts of Ashoka Third Buddhist Council

Mauryan Empire Chandragupta Bindusara

Alexander’s Invasion The Impact of Alexander’s Invasion

Persian and Macedonian Invasions Taxila Impact of Persian Contact The word “Hindu” appears for the first time in an inscription of Darius I at Persepolis, Iran. Darius lists “Hindu” as part of his empire. The word “Sindhu”, denoting a river in general and Indus in particular, became “Hindu” in Persian. The Greeks dropped the S

Nandas: The First Empire Builders of India A centralised state required a new administrative framework to govern an extensive territory, the creation of a bureaucracy, resources of money and men for managing the administration and the army. A system of revenue administration had to be developed to raise the funds needed for the state through

Rise of Magadha under the Haryanka Dynasty