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Chandragupta Maurya [d] (reigned c. 320 BCE [e] – c. 298 BCE) [f] was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian subcontinent.
According to Plutarch, Chandragupta Maurya subdued all of India, and Justin also observed that Chandragupta Maurya was "in possession of India". These accounts are corroborated by Tamil Sangam literature which mentions about Mauryan invasion with their south Indian allies and defeat of their rivals at Podiyil hill in Tirunelveli district in ...
The Seleucid–Mauryan War was a confrontation between the Seleucid and Mauryan empires that took place somewhere between 305 and 303 BCE, [2] when Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire crossed the Indus river into the former Indian satrapies of the Macedonian Empire, which had been conquered by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya of the Maurya Empire.
The Kalinga War was one of the largest and deadliest battles in Indian history. [7] This is the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to the throne, and marked the close of the empire-building and military conquests of ancient India that began with the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. [8] The war cost nearly 250,000 lives. [8]
The Nanda–Mauryan War [6] was a war fought in ancient India from c. 323 BCE to 321 BCE between the King Dhana Nanda of the Nanda dynasty and forces of Chandragupta Maurya that led to the establishment of the Maurya Empire in Magadha. [7] Little is known from historical sources for certain dating about the conflict.
According to the Buddhist tradition the Moriya tribesmen were the ancestors of the Maurya dynasty [2] [3] who under the leadership of Chandragupta Maurya in the 4th century BCE seized power in Magadha. [8] Chandragupta and his descendants would expand the Magadha empire so that it at one point ruled most of South Asia. [1]
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 ...
The Maurya Empire (c. 322–185 BCE) was an ancient Indian empire. The empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasted until 185 BCE. The Mauryan Empire was the first pan-Indian empire. At its height, the empire covered most of the Indian subcontinent. [3]