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Bindusara was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. His life is not documented as well as the lives of these two emperors. Much of the information about him comes from legendary accounts written several hundred years after his death. Bindusara consolidated the empire created by his father.
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 ...
Susima (also Sushima) was the crown prince of the Maurya Empire of ancient India and the eldest son and heir-apparent of the second Mauryan emperor Bindusara.He was next in line for his father's throne, [1] but was defeated in a succession conflict by his younger half-brother, Ashoka, who eventually succeeded Bindusara as the third Mauryan emperor.
Chandragupta Maurya: 322–297 BCE: Founder of first Indian controlled empire uniting the entire subcontinent. 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.
When Bindusara refused to do so, Ashoka declared that if the throne were rightfully his, the gods would crown him as the next emperor. At that instance, the gods did so, Bindusara died, and Ashoka's authority extended to the entire world, including the Yaksha territory located above the earth and the Naga territory located below the earth. [72]
Deimachus or Daimachus (/ d i ˈ ɪ m ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δηΐμαχος or Δαΐμαχος) was a Greek from Plataeae, who lived during the third-century BCE.He became an ambassador to the court of the Mauryan ruler Bindusara "Amitragatha" (son of Chandragupta Maurya) in Pataliputra in India. [1]
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]
Suppression of the Khashas ca 274 BC—Though he was hailed as "Slayer of Enemies," Chandragupta's son Bindusara was friendly with the Hellenic world and was known to have had a taste for Greek figs, wine, and philosophy. Little is known, however, about the military conquests of Bindusara.