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The auction of the collection, known as the Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha Mauryan Empire, Ashokan Era, circa 240-200 BCE, was due to take place on 7 May.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

While India experienced a time of unity and great success during the Mauryan age, the subcontinent again broke into separate kingdoms following invasions by the White Huns, which fatally weakened the empire.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

By 303 B.C., the Mauryan Empire stretched more than 2,000 miles, uniting north India politically for the first time.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Groups who invaded India after Mauryan rule ended helped to expand India’s trade to new regions.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Mauryan and the Gupta dynasties succumbed as irretrievably to the centrifugal forces of petty states and clans perpetually striving for mastery as the more ephemeral kingdoms of Kanishka and Harsha.

From India, Old and New by Chirol, Valentine, Sir