Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c5.97

c5.97

That the Maurya conquest of Western India extended beyond the province of Surāshṭra farther south is indicated by the location of Asoka's inscriptions at Sopara in the district now called Thana in the Bombay Presidency. The conquest of this part of India (which may be identified with Konkan) was not claimed by Asoka. It must have been the work of Chandragupta Maurya who, as we have seen, had already established his authority over the neighbouring region of Surāshṭra. The province of which Sopara or Śūrpāraka was the capital must have formed part of Maurya empire for some time to lead Asoka to locate his edicts at its capital.