•Maurya passed down his power to his grandson, Asoka. Asoka's decision was to divide the empire between his grandsons. When the emperor Brhadratha was killed, the Mauryan empire ended.

•Gupta passed his empire down through 2 generations. After the death of Chandra Gupta II, invaders threatened northern India. Over the next 100 years, the Gupta Empire broke into small separate Kingdoms.