Common Name: | Avantirashtra |
Subdivision: | Province |
Nation: | Maurya Empire |
Capital: | Ujjain |
Govenrment Type: | Viceroyalty |
Title Leader: | Viceroy |
Leader1: | Ashoka |
Year Start: | 322 BCE |
Year End: | 185 BCE |
Today: | Madhya Pradesh |
Government Type: | Viceroyalty |
Avantirastra (Sanskrit: अवन्तिराष्ट्र) was one of the five original provinces of the Maurya Empire gained after the conquest of the Nanda Empire by Chandragupta Maurya.[1] It was located in the modern-day Malwa region with its capital at Ujjain.
Ashoka served as viceroy of the region during his father Bindusara's reign.