Apart from Chandragupta Maurya, Magadha saw tremendous growth during the reign of Harsha Vardhana who was a great patron of literature and architecture. The golden age of Guptas during the period of 240 to 600 A.D also saw immense cultural and social progress of the people in general. Languages like Sanskrit and Pali also derive their source from this region, Sanskit the mother of all the languages in India is said to appear around 600 B.C in this region.
Although Magadha was ruled by many rulers no other ruler could match the awe and reputation of Ashoka who was known by the name “Chanda Ashoka” because of his unquenched thirst for wars and campaigns launched to conquer the lands of other rulers but as luck would have it after the successful campaign of Kalinga he loathed the idea of war itself and embraced Buddhism and soon made Patliputra the icon of non violence and a prime center dedicated to Buddhism. During his rule Buddhism was spread not only in India but also to the remote Chinese land mass .Ashoka sent his own son and daughter to Sri Lanka to preach Buddhism. Bodh Gaya holds some the finniest pieces of Buddhist architecture built during the rule of Ashoka.
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