The Mauryan Empire

                                                                  Introduction
There was a country called the Mauryan empire who had a king called king Asoka.King Asoka ruled this empire from 269 to 232 B.C.E and has been in many wars.King Asoka  had wars in the south and east side and after one brutal war,he decided to reject violence.He supported Buddhist values of love,peace,and nonviolence.King Asoka would never again fight for another kingdom for their land.

                                         
                                                                Government
The Mauryan empire had to choose an efficient and well run government for their country.The Mauryan empire government contained many layers,almost person who had a skilled job directed someone
else,they had to report to and were controlled by.Officers or any other job was well paid because the
Mauryan empire believed in high salaries.Mauryan rulers tried to establish a father-son relationship between them and their subjects.they reputedly always wanted to hear want was on their subjects  mind.They was
willing to hear complaints pr obtainable for consultation. So while people are getting well paid they have the money to pay for shelter, clean water and enough food to eat.


                                                                     Food Supply
There is a company in the Mauryan empire called General welfare.These people promote for their well-being.They give people extra money so they will have everything they need.The general welfare gives people the things they need,if they don't have it,like they make sure you have good health and shelter.
They also make sure you have clean water and enough food to eat.So if you are poor and need food are some help go to the Mauryan empire,they will supply you with everything you will need.



                                                                      Art
The Mauryan period is an important period in history of India art and architecture.In the Mauryan empire, king Asoka made some art and some architecture.For example, some of his finest art was the famous
Asokan pillars, the purpose of this art work was to show people and citizens of the Mauryan empire the
rules of this country.The columns on the pillar was  work of art,architecture and engineering.The pillars was made out of a single stone which was cut and was shaped and polish. Not just regular people can do art and
architecture, kings can too.


                                                                        Religion
India has been a very religious country since time immemorial.In pre-historic  times,there were no religions
as such but people worshipped various forces of nature like sun,moon and thunder.Every religion had its own
religious practice and belief, holy scriptures like Vedas,Upanishads and epics talk about the ancient religious practices of India.Hinduism was one of the earliest religions to be found in India and it also consider to be 
one of the worlds oldest  religions.New beliefs and practices came into being and meaning of religion took
an entirely new turn.The society became oppressive of certain religions practices and many smaller religious
and beliefs came into being , the ancient religions of India laid a strong foundation of religious practices that 
are followed till date.


                                                                        Technology
The history of science and technology in India begins with pre-historic human activity at Mehrgarh.By 5500 B.C.E a number of sites similar to Mehrgarh had appeared,forming the basis of later chalcolithic.Irrigation was developed in the Indus valley civilization.One of the technology that ancient India has created is a hand-propelled wheel cart,Indus valley civilization (3000-1500 B.C.E).By 2800 B.C.E they created private bathroom located on the ground floor,were found and many houses in a Indus civilization.An ancient India they created a lot of things and the present they're still creating things.


                                                                            Social Structure
Tn ancient India,society was divided into four parts Brahman,Kshatriya,Visayans and Sudra.The original intent
of caste was to provide a convenient social structure to the India civilization,with the actions of an individual determining their random society.A parallel may be drawn to the wests social classification of people into different classes.Different level of sites came to be associated with each caste,and changing ones statues  in life became virtually impossible.Ibbetson identifies two principles,the community of blood and the community of occupation,the community of occupation reflects ones caste,the community blood reflects ones tribe.



                                                                     Writing
People living in india have used many different writing systems and recorded down different types of information as the need arose.The first indian script developed in the indus valley around 2600 B.C is still
undeciphered .Later indian scripts like Brahmi and Kharosthi were developed to write both official and local lanuages.Great epics,royal inscrition religion texts and administrative document were all written using these scripts.Through these sources we are able to learn about the literature mythology,history and beliefs of ancient india.