Causes for the Decline :

 1. Highly centralized administration (Romila Thapar)

 2. Pacific policy of Ashoka (H.C. Raychaudhuri )

 3. Brahmanical reaction (H.P. Sastri )

 4. The partition of the Mauryan Empire

 5. Weak later –Mauryan Rulers 

 6. Pressure on Mauryan economy 

 7.Neglect of North- West Frontier. 

Mauryan kings	Other names of the king	Ambassdor (Greek king)
Chandragupta	Sandrocottus – Strabo, Justin Androcottus- Arrian ,Plutarch Vrishala /Kulahina (i.e of low clan)- Vishakhandatta (Mudrarakshasa)	Megasthenses (302- 298 BC) (Selecus Nikator – Persia and Badylonia)
Bindusara	Amitrochates-  Greek texts Vindupala – Chinease  text  Sinhasena  - Jain text Bhadrasara- Vayu Purana	Dimachos  (Antiochus I- Syria )Dionysius (Philadelphos/ Potlemy II-Egypt)