Maurya Empire
c. 322–c. 185 BCE
The first empire to rule most of the Indian subcontinent.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 322–c. 185 BCE
- Place
- India
Who was alive during Maurya Empire
- Chanakya c. 375–c. 283 BCE, political thinker
- Theophrastus c. 371–c. 287 BCE, philosopher
- Zhuang Zhou c. 369–c. 286 BCE, philosopher
- Ptolemy I Soter 367–282 BCE, pharaoh
- Seleucus I Nicator c. 358–281 BCE, king
- Pytheas c. 350–c. 285 BCE, explorer
- Epicurus 341–270 BCE, philosopher
- Qu Yuan c. 340–278 BCE, poet
- Zeno of Citium c. 334–c. 262 BCE, philosopher
- Euclid c. 325–c. 270 BCE, mathematician
- Pyrrhus of Epirus c. 319–272 BCE, king
- Aristarchus of Samos c. 310–c. 230 BCE, astronomer
- Xunzi c. 310–c. 235 BCE, philosopher
- Ashoka c. 304–232 BCE, emperor
- Archimedes c. 287–212 BCE, mathematician
- Han Fei c. 280–233 BCE, philosopher
- Eratosthenes c. 276–c. 194 BCE, mathematician
- Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BCE, emperor
- Liu Bang 256–195 BCE, emperor
- Plautus c. 254–184 BCE, playwright
- Hannibal 247–c. 183 BCE, general
- Empress Lü 241–180 BCE, empress
- Scipio Africanus c. 236–183 BCE, general
- Cato the Elder 234–149 BCE, statesman