I should elaborate on how the Mauryas can wipe out Hinduism. First off when Ashoka marries Devi (who is a part of the Shakya clan like the Buddha), Ashoka takes some more interest in Buddhism and around the time a bunch of ministers put him on the Maurya throne over his older brother Susima and...
the reason they wouldn't is because europe would be constantly crusading them and seeing them as no better than muslims or jews, look at how the northern crusade wrecked the shit out of the balts and made lithauania convert so that the teutonic order can leave them alone.
India being civilized? idk if anything you'd need to also include the Delhi and Bahmanis sultanates with how many geographical nooks and crannies there are in India. Or have the Maurya Empire after Ashoka's death keep it together and go harder in spreading buddhism (likely even purging the bhramins)
I would not trust Centro because he's a nigger who just steals stuff off of 4cuck regardless if it's fake or not and even they know that and will find ways to fuck with him every now and then (we even got xis doxerald).