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Chandragupta is a 1920 Indian silent film about the Mauryan king. [174] Chandragupta is a 1934 Indian film directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar. Chandraguptha Chanakya is an Indian Tamil-language historical drama film directed by C. K. Sachi, starring Bhavani K. Sambamurthy as Chandragupta. Samrat Chandragupta is a 1945 Indian historical film by ...
Chandragupta Maurya: 322–297 BCE: Founder of the Maurya Empire. Bindusara: 297–273 BCE: Known for his foreign diplomacy and crushed of Vidarbha revolt. Ashoka: 268–232 BCE: Greatest emperor of dynasty. His son Kunala was blinded and died before his father. Ashoka was succeeded by his grandson.
While according to Greek traveller Megasthenes, Chandragupta Maurya sponsored Brahmanical rituals and sacrifices, [134] [135] [136] according to a Jain text from the 12th century, Chandragupta Maurya followed Jainism after retiring, when he renounced his throne and material possessions to join a wandering group of Jain monks and in his last ...
Chandragupta was a son of the Gupta king Ghatotkacha, and a grandson of the dynasty's founder Gupta, both of whom are called Maharaja ("great king") in the Allahabad Pillar inscription. Chandragupta assumed the title Maharajadhiraja ("great king of kings") and issued gold coins, which suggests that he was the first imperial ruler of the dynasty ...
Chandragupta Maurya, Indian Emperor, Mauryan Empire, 322–297 BCE Chandragupta I , Indian king, Gupta Empire, 320-335 CE Chandragupta II (died 415), also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, Indian emperor, Gupta Empire, 375-415 CE
The Bhitari Pillar inscription of Skandagupta, the successor of Chandragupta, recalls the near annihilation of the Gupta Empire following the attacks of the Kidarites. [107] The Kidarites seem to have retained the western part of the Gupta Empire. [107] Skandagupta died in 467 and was succeeded by his agnate brother Purugupta. [108]
The dynasty was founded by Sri Gupta in late 3rd century CE, but Chandragupta I is credited as real founder of empire. The empire was lasted until 550 CE. The empire was lasted until 550 CE. The factors for the downfall of the empire were Hunnic invasions , dynastic dissensions, taxes, internal rebellions and decentralization.
Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), according to the Buddhist text Mahabodhivamsa, was the last Nanda king of Magadha. Chandragupta Maurya raised an army that eventually conquered the Nanda capital Pataliputra and defeated him. This defeat marked the fall of the Nanda Empire and the birth of the Maurya Empire.