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3.The Maurya Empire when first founded by Chandragupta Maurya 320 B.C.E., after conquering the Nanda Empire when only about twenty years old. 4.Chandragupta extended the borders of the empire southward into the Deccan Plateau circa 300 B.C.E.
It was not the size of India, but rather its cultural diversity that made the Mauryan Empire difficult to govern. To make his empire more easily managed, Chandragupta divided it into smaller regions called provincesâeach ruled by a prince and his royal family.