How, in the face of powerful forces that tended to keep India fragmented, did two great empires-the Mauryan Empire of the fourth to second centuries b. c. e. and the Gupta Empire of the fourth to sixth centuries c. e.-succeed in unifying much of India?

On account of as of now having extraordinary riches, an exhortation from a Brahmin, and successors to continue growing, the originator of the Mauryan Empire extended it; they likewise utilized their armed force to keep control. The Gupta began in a similar area and had awesome riches too; they likewise did a comparable thing to the Maurya, similar to gather immense agrarian duties.