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Maurya|ˈmaʊrɪə|
[Skr., f. the name of Chandragupta Maurya, who founded the dynasty.]
The name of a dynasty that ruled northern India from 321 to c 184 b.c.; a member of this dynasty. Also attrib. Hence ˈMauryan a.
1870Jrnl. R. Asiatic Soc. IV. 96 The celebrated Mauryan king..was not only sovereign of the valley, but of the whole of Northern India. Ibid. 122 (heading) Maurya dynasty, 130 years. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 272/2 The oldest hitherto known specimens of Indian writing are five rock-inscriptions, containing religious edicts in Pâli..issued by the emperor Aśoka..of the Maurya dynasty. 1910Ibid. XIV. 399/1 After Asoka the Mauryas dwindled away, and the last of them..was treacherously assassinated in 184 b.c. 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 434/4 The interest that the Mauryan State took in preventing famine and in relieving distress appears to have been more vigorous than in modern days. 1956A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. vii. 90 In the age of the Maurya Emperor Açoka. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VI. 553/2 About 185–175 King Demetrius conquered the Mauryan empire in north India up to Patna on the middle Ganges. 1968I. W. Mabbett Short Hist. India v. 61 The Mauryan dynasty, like the rest of them, eventually became a line of kings jostling with others, a principality in the north-east. 1973Times 14 Apr. (Nepal Suppl.) p. ii/2 The oldest monuments found on Nepalese soil are contemporaneous with the Mauryan empire of North India. |