Ancient India Research Paper

WHAT HAPPENED?
Just recently I have traveled back to 324 B.C.E, to ancient India. While I was there I encountered some very different things. I got to meet Ashoka, but in disguise because I didn’t want to interfere with the past. So, I started exploring of course and after a few hours I noticed that the entire southern border of the Mauryan Empire was surrounded by water. The good thing was that there was a lot of trade around the border. But what I also noticed is that there were many different languages spoken because of how large the empire was. Also the Himalaya Mountains cut out the flow of communication with other civilizations on the Northwestern border of India. Even though the language was different they still followed the same religion.

First, I visited the Sanchi Stupa, like many other stupas, were built into dome structures that eventually was built for religious purposes. They were originally used as burial sites for kings and other people of great importance and high social status. They became very popular in Buddhism when they became religious symbols. When you first get to the stupa you have to walk through and entrance gate, then there is a small stairway you have to walk up to get to the inside. When you get to the inside there isn’t much, but some statues.
The next place or monument I saw was the Pillar of Ashoka. The Pillar of Ashoka, like many other pillars, they became a point of much fame in the time of Buddhism. When I got to each pillar they were tall cylinders with one to four lion figures at the top. These pillars along with the stupas revealed that this empire was very religious.
Of course there was currency, instead of having dollars like we have today, they had coins. These Mauryan coins were similar to the punch mark silver coins in Early Kingdoms, but differed with having five punches and always including the sun symbol in these punches. With how much detail they put into everything, I think this meant that the Mauryan Empire was very