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The Footprints of Chandragupta Maurya on Chandragiri Hill, where Chandragupta (the unifier of India and founder of the Maurya Dynasty) performed Sallekhana. According to Jeffery D. Long , in one Digambara version it was Samprati Chandragupta who renounced, migrated and performed sallekhana in Shravanabelagola.
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.
While according to Greek traveller Megasthenes, Chandragupta Maurya sponsored Brahmanical rituals and sacrifices, [134] [135] [136] according to a Jain text from the 12th century, Chandragupta Maurya followed Jainism after retiring, when he renounced his throne and material possessions to join a wandering group of Jain monks and in his last ...
There is a Tamil version based on the Sanskrit play [4] and Keshavlal Dhruv translated the original into Gujarati as Mel ni Mudrika (1889). There is a Kannada version of the play Mudramanjusha written by Kempunarayana. The later episodes of the TV series Chanakya were based mostly on the Mudrarakshasa. Feature film
Jayaswal reads it as the monogram of Chandragupta Maurya. He takes the top crescent as Chandra and the remaining hill like combination for gutta; the upper loop for ga- ∩ and the two lower loops ∩∩ for double tta making it Chandragutta. [5] The plate, consisting of a line of symbolic drawings and four lines of text, is the result of a ...
The Nanda dynasty was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya, who was supported by his mentor (and later minister) Chanakya. Some accounts mention Chandragupta as a member of the Nanda family. For example, the 11th century writers Kshemendra and Somadeva describe Chandragupta as a "son of the genuine Nanda" (purva-Nanda-suta).
The Maurya dynasty was the sixth and greatest ruling house of Magadha. Chandragupta Maurya founded this dynasty with help of his mentor and grand advisor Chanakya in 322 BCE after organizing a large army and overthrowing King Dhana Nanda. This dynasty lasted for 138 years, ruling Magadha from 322 to 184 BCE.
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