English: Chandragupta Maurya Empire, with realistic span of control.

Punjab' Chandragupta seems to first have gained control of Punjab, during a period of unrest an local warfare following the death of Alexander.

Greater Magadha Greater Magadha as the core territory of the Nandas.

Areas outside effective control Concept of areas of minimal control based on:

• Kulke and Rothermund, A History of India. Network based on Smith (2005), Networks, Territories, and the Cartography of Ancient States, Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 95 (4): 832–849.

Network Maurya Empire as a network of core areas connected by communication and trade networks:

• Smith (2005), Networks, Territories, and the Cartography of Ancient States" (PDF). Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 95 (4): 832–849
• Coningham and Young (2015), The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c.6500 BCE–200 CE, Cambridge University Press, following Smith's example.

Afghanistan and lower Indus Valley Ceded territory of Gedrosia based on Smith (1914) and Tarn (1922), who limit the ceded territory to the Malin mountain range (Hingol river).

Coningham & Young, p.452-453, question the extent of control over the lower Indus Valley and eastern Afghanistan, noting that "a growing number of of researchers would now agree that the Ashokan edicts may have represented 'an area of maximum contact rather than streamlined bureacrayic control'."

Allchin, F. R. (1995). "The Mauryan State and Empire". In Allchin, F. R. (ed.). The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States. Cambridge University Press. pp. 183–221; p.208 also notes the absence of major cities in the lower Indus valley.