Soft Power In The Mauryan Empire

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Soft power in the Mauryan Empire Soft power helped the leaders of the Mauryan Empire maintain legitimacy because they valued a pluralistic society which allowed the people to be diverse. The Maurya Empire when first founded by Chandragupta Maurya c. 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta’s son ruled after he had finished his sentence and had not ruled different from his father. The final ruler was Chandragupta’s grandson Ashoka, he chose a different way of ruling yet included many of the same values. After Chandragupta divided his empire into districts, the society remained diverse. The people of his indian empire preserved their identities, values, and languages. The Mauryan Empire gained legitimacy by the use of chandragupta’s soft power. He allowed