2.22 Ancient India Part XXII [MAURYAS IV]: Mauryan Empire's Economy: Manufacturing and Trade

The Mauryan Economy was much ahead of much of rest of the world. They used currency had taxation and the state took it upon itself to build roads and infrastructure. The products from India were seen in Egypt and Vietnam. All this was made possible due to the surplus agricultural wealth made possible by availability of Iron, furnaces and production of better quality Iron.