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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

When the Mauryan Empire finally collapsed in 185 BCE, India entered another period of fragmentation and rule by small competing states and autonomous cities and villages.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The high point of Mauryan greatness came with the ascension of Emperor Ashoka in approximately 268 BCE, opening a period of monumental architecture that left its mark on the ancient world.

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

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