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Section sizes

Section size for Maurya Empire (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	20,683	20,683
Etymology	4,261	4,261
History	13	35,631
Sources	1,714	1,714
Founding	5,471	5,471
Overthrow of the Nanda Empire	3,061	3,061
Chandragupta Maurya	7,902	7,902
Bindusara	8,033	8,033
Ashoka	4,771	4,771
Decline	1,990	4,666
Shunga coup (185 BCE)	1,095	1,095
Establishment of the Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BCE)	1,581	1,581
Military	513	513
Administration	86	6,938
Provinces	1,264	1,264
Network of core areas and trade routes	1,095	1,095
Monarchical ownership	552	552
Local government	2,298	2,298
Bureaucracy	1,643	1,643
Economy	4,181	4,181
Religion	8,153	8,153
Society	1,192	1,192
Architectural remains	4,121	4,121
Natural history	4,054	4,054
Contacts with the Hellenistic world	155	20,845
Foundation of the Empire	1,059	1,059
Reconquest of the Northwest	1,909	1,909
Conflict and alliance with Seleucus (305 BCE)	1,947	10,332
Marriage alliance	5,956	5,956
Exchange of presents	2,429	2,429
Greek population in India	2,736	2,736
Buddhist missions to the West (c. 250 BCE)	3,040	3,040
Subhagasena and Antiochos III (206 BCE)	1,614	1,614
Timeline	987	987
Family tree and List of rulers	71	71
See also	168	168
Notes	20,473	20,473
References	28	28
Sources	15,612	15,612
External links	1,647	1,647
Total	149,558	149,558