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Chandragupta Maurya [a] (350–295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, which ruled over a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha. [6] He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. [ 7 ] The Magadha kingdom expanded to become an empire that reached its peak under the reign of his grandson, Ashoka the Great , from 268 BCE to 231 BCE. [ 8 ]
The Seleucid–Mauryan War was fought between 305 and 303 BCE. It started when Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire sought to retake the Indian satrapies of the Macedonian Empire, which had been occupied by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, of the Maurya Empire. The war ended in a Mauryan victory [5][6] resulting in the annexation of the Indus ...
Soon after Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BCE, his empire fragmented into independent kingdoms led by his generals. [43] The Maurya Empire was established in the Magadha region under the leadership of Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. Chandragupta was taken to Taxila by Chanakya and was tutored about statecraft and governing.
Rakshasa is a character in the ancient Indian Sanskrit -language play Mudrarakshasa. In the play, he holds the post of Amatya (prime minister) in the Nanda and Maurya courts of Magadha. Originally a minister of the Nanda king, he escapes during Chandragupta Maurya 's conquest of the Nanda empire. He then makes several attempts to overthrow ...
Chandragupta Maurya is said to have died on the hill of Chandragiri, which is located in Shravanabelagola, in 298 BCE after he became a Jain monk and assumed an ascetic life style. [ 2 ] Gommateshwara statue , Akkana Basadi , Chandragupta basadi , Chamundaraya Basadi , Parshvanath Basadi and inscriptions of Shravanabelagola group of monuments ...
Durdhara. Durdhara was the empress of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the 4th-century BCE Maurya Empire of ancient India, according to the 12th century CE Jain text Parishishtaparvan by Hemachandra. [1] She is stated by this text to be the mother of the second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara also known as Amitraghāta. [2]
Unknown. 100,000 killed, 150,000 deported (figures by Ashoka) [4][5] The Kalinga War (ended c. 261 BCE) [1] was fought in ancient India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka the Great and Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and northern parts of Andhra Pradesh. [6]
The recorded history surrounding the hill started in 300 BC when last Shruthakevali Bhadrabahu and Chandragupta Maurya visited the place in order to attain kaivalya (beatitude). [1] The small hill derives its name of Chandra because Chandragupta was the first of the rishis who lived and performed penance there.