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Maurya

Mau·rya [ mówree ə ]


noun 
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Indian dynasty: a South Asian dynasty established in the 4th century bc after invasions by Alexander the Great, members of which included the emperor Ashoka

[Late 19th century. < Sanskrit, after Maurya Candragupta, its founder]
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