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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 ...
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]
Saanvi Talwar as Durdhara Maurya: Chief Empress Consort(agramahishi) of Magadha; Chandragupta's first wife; Bindusara's mother. Adonis and alice's stepmother.(2016–2017) [6] Tanu Khan as Helena Maurya: Empress Consort of Magadha; Seleucus and Apama's daughter; Chandragupta's second wife; Alice and Adonis's mother, Bindusara's step-mother ...
Both Buddhist and Jain texts mention a legend about how Bindusara got his name. Both accounts state that Chandragupta's minister Chanakya used to mix small doses of poison in the emperor's food to build his immunity against possible poisoning attempts. One day, Chandragupta, not knowing about the poison, shared his food with his pregnant wife.
'The Signet of the Minister') is a Sanskrit-language play by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the Emperor Chandragupta Maurya (r. c. 324 – c. 297 BCE) to power in India. The play is an example of creative writing, but not entirely fictional. [1] It is dated variously from the late 4th century [2] to the 8th century CE. [3]
Chandragupta (Bengali: চন্দ্রগুপ্ত) is the last history play [1] by Dwijendralal Ray, written in 1911. [2] The play, set in ancient kingdom of ...
According to the 2nd-century historian Appian, Chandragupta entered into a marital alliance with the Greek ruler Seleucus I Nicator, which has led to speculation that either Chandragupta or his son Bindusara married a Greek princess. However, there is no evidence that Ashoka's mother or grandmother was Greek, and most historians have dismissed ...
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. Also known for Kalinga War victory ...