A map of India. A key shows regions by color. Maurya Empire is solid green. Gupta Empire is diagonal teal lines. Modern-day India is a purple line. India is outlined with a purple border. Solid green shading covers most of India except the southern tip, eastern section, and northern tip. The solid green shading extends further west covering most of Pakistan and Nepal. Diagonal teal lines cover most of northern India, part of Pakistan, and eastern India. How did the borders of the Gupta Empire compare to the borders of the Maurya Empire? The Maurya Empire extended farther south and west. The Maurya Empire was smaller than the Gupta Empire. The Maurya Empire and the Gupta Empire had the same borders. The Maurya Empire extended farther east than the Gupta Empire.