~The Maurya Dynasty their power in the Ganges River Valley.

- They later conquered most of northern India, and then they headed to the Deccan Plateau.

- The capital is Pataliputra.

- The government was a Bureaucracy.

- Chandragupta was the first ruler.

- After Chandragupta died his grandson Asoka took over.

- Asoka did not agree with Chandraguptas ways and changed many things.

Maurya Empire