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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.
The name "Maurya" does not occur in any of the Edicts of Ashoka, ... Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire. ... Bindusara's wife, Empress Subhadrangi was a ...
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]
The name "A-shoka" literally means "without sorrow". According to an Ashokavadana legend, his mother gave him this name because his birth removed her sorrows. [29] The name Priyadasi is associated with Ashoka in the 3rd–4th century CE Dipavamsa. [30] [31] The term literally means "he who regards amiably", or "of gracious mien" (Sanskrit ...
The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies"). 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.
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] The Mauryan Emperor was the monarchical head of state and wielded ...
Maharani Devi (302 BCE – 242 BCE) was, according to the Sri Lankan chronicles, the first wife of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. She was also the mother of Ashoka's first two children—his son, Mahendra , and daughter, Sanghamitra —both of whom played important roles in the spread of Buddhism to other countries.
Padmavati was a queen and third wife of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka [1] (reigned c. 268 – c. 232 BCE) and the mother of his second son, the Crown Prince Kunala. She was also the grandmother of Emperor Samprati. [2]