Civilizations developed due to man's ability to trap and hunt mammoth and mastodon settle in mountainous regions specialize and divide labor gather berries and wild vegetation

Ashoka the Great (r. 268-232 BCE) was the third king of the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE) best known for his renunciation of war, development of the concept of dhamma (pious social conduct), and promotion of Buddhism as well as his effective reign of a nearly pan-Indian political entity.