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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:
"The extent of Ashoka's empire can be traced through the spread of his inscriptions. From their distribution we know that the Mauryan Empire extended up to Kandahar in Afghanistan in the north-west." (Source: https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/64794/1/Unit16.pdf)
(a) What were the eastern and western boundaries of Ashoka's empire?
(b) What does the extent of Ashoka's empire reveal about Mauryan military achievements?
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(a) Ashoka's Empire extended from the Brahmaputra river in the east to the Hindukush in the north-west and the Arabian Sea in the west. Outside India, the Mauryan Empire extended up to Kandahar in Afghanistan in the north-west.
(b) The vast geographical spread of Ashoka’s empire — from eastern India to Afghanistan in the northwest — demonstrates the military strength and strategic prowess of the Mauryan Empire. Chandragupta Maurya and his successors, including Ashoka, successfully expanded and maintained control over a vast and diverse territory.
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