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In 2018, a television series called Chandragupta Maurya portrays the life of Chandragupta Maurya. [183] Nobunaga the Fool, a Japanese stage play and anime, features a character named Chandragupta based on the emperor. In the 2001 film Aśoka, directed by Santosh Sivan, Bollywood director and producer Umesh Mehra played the role of Chandragupta ...
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.
So, he started searching for a person worthy of being a king. While wandering, he did a favour for the pregnant daughter of a village chief, on the condition that her child would belong to him. Chandragupta was born to this lady. When Chandragupta grew up, Chanakya came to his village and saw him playing "king" among a group of boys.
Chanakya later became Chandragupta's prime minister. [17] Chandragupta eventually expanded his empire to southern India and warred with the Seleucid Empire over control over all of north western India and parts of Persia. [22] [23] The Maurya Empire eventually became the most extensive empire in India with area of 5,000,000 km 2. [15] [24]
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]
Felicia died of cancer on June 16,1978, according to the Leonard Bernstein Office. She passed away at the couple's home in East Hampton, Long Island, The New York Times reported. Felicia was just ...
Possibly without entering into a real battle, the two rulers concluded a dynastic marriage alliance in ca. 302 BCE. According to Kosmin, "Seleucus transferred to Chandragupta's kingdom the easternmost satrapies of his empire, certainly Gandhara, Parapamisadae, and the eastern parts of Gedrosia, and possibly also Arachosia and Aria as far as Herat."
Netflix's Blonde has renewed interest in the actress' short but memorable life. The actress appeared in Gentelmen Prefer Blondes and other classic movies. How Marilyn Monroe Died in Real Life