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The Mauryan Empire declined within 50 years after the death of Ashoka. Some scholars argued that Ashokan policies were responsible for the downfall of the empire. But there are some differences in their point of view. On the other hand, some scholars suggested that, not Ashoka, but economic backwardness, administrative weakness were responsible for that. To trace the actual cause we should critically discuss all the views of the scholars. In this video we have tried to analyze all these views.
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00:31 Introduction
01:06 View of Haraprasad Shastri (Brahmanical revolt)
03:42 Criticism of Shastri’s view by H. C. Raychaudhiri
07:15 Raychaudhuri’s own view
09:50 Economic Crisis
13:13 Niharranjan Ray’s theory of ‘popular revolt’
14:55 Romila Thapar’s view
18:58 Conclusion
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Reference: (1) Thapar, Romila, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, Oxford
(2) Thapar, Romila, The Mauryas Revisited, Kolkata: K. P. Bagchi & Co.
(3) Jha, D.N., Early India: A Concise History, Delhi
(4) Chakravarti, Ranabir, Exploring Early India, Delhi: 2013
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Script, Commentary & Music by Gautam Mukhopadhyay
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