Cultural geography sd maurya pdf

Briefly discuss the sources of the Mauryan history. (i) ‘Indica’ written by Megasthenes was the most important source of information about the Mauryan period.
Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

Geography.
The Mauryan Empire expanded to almost all of the Indian Subcontinent.
There are many mountainous regions, such as:

Also name the four provincial centers of the empire.
Answer – The capital of the Mauryan Empire was Pataliputra.
Provincial Center – (i) Taxila (ii) Ujjayini (iii) Tosali or Toshali (iv) Suvarnagiri.