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What religion did the Mauryan Empire bring and spread?

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Buddhism

The Mauryan empire played a key role in the spread of Buddhism. It is quite possible that it was the Mauryan period which saw Buddhism's establishment as a major religion within ancient India – a development encouraged by official policy under Ashoka.

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