Rural Self government

 Art and architecture in ancient India

The Age of Harshavardhana

 The Gupta Empire 

India from 200 BC to AD 300 

New Rulers, Trade and Religion

Rise of Kingdoms

The Mauryan Empire

THE FIRST EMPIRE

We have read about how small states, or janapadas, came to be formed in different parts of the subcontinent and eventually conquered neighbouring states to form larger states, or mahajanapadas. As more territories were conquered, the mahajanapadas gave way to empires. The empires favoured dynastic rule, i.e., rulers from the same family succeeded each other to the throne.