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Chandragupta Maurya [d] ... and returned later to claim young Chandragupta, [34] whom he taught and trained. ... Nicanor was killed. Philip, who was guarding Taxila ...
Realizing that she was going to die, he decided to save the unborn child. He cut off the empress's head and cut open her belly with a sword to take out the foetus. Over the next seven days, he placed the foetus in the belly of a goat freshly killed each day. After seven days, Chandragupta's son was "born".
For the task of getting Chandragupta Maurya killed, Amatya Rakshasa made an alliance with some of Chandragupta's enemies. [7] Rakshasa failed several times in his plan to get Chandragupta killed. [8] He tried having some kings attack Pataliputra, the Maurya capital, but the plan failed due to Chanakya's intelligent tactics.
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 . The Jain tradition presents a similar legend about the last Nanda emperor, although it simply calls the emperor "Nanda", and states that the emperor was ...
Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya stationed garrisons in rashtras (nations) [18] and janapadas. In 322 BC, they march to Magadha, besieged the capital Pataliputra and captured it. [19] They forced the Nandas to surrender. [20] Dhana Nanda, the last Nanda king was killed in action during the siege. [21]
Ashoka's grandfather Chandragupta had possibly attempted to conquer Kalinga but had been repulsed. [12] Ashoka set himself to the task of conquering and annexing Kalinga to the vast Maurya Empire as soon as he securely established himself as the Emperor. [10] Some scholars argue that Kalinga was a strategic threat to the Mauryas.
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 ...
Chandragupta Maurya, a 2011 TV series on NDTV Imagine is a biographical series on the life of Chandragupta Maurya and Chanakya, and is produced by Sagar Arts. Manish Wadhwa portrays the character of Chanakya in this series. The 2015 Colors TV drama, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, features Chanakya during the reign of Chandragupta's son, Bindusara.