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Chandragupta Maurya [d] ... The Maurya rule was a structured administration; Chandragupta had a council of ministers ... (PDF), The Journal of Military History, 67 (1
Meanwhile, in India, Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire with the help of Chanakya his mentor and political advisor, rose to power by overthrowing the Nanda Empire in Pataliputra. His next course of action was to lead his armies into the Indus to battle with the Seleucid Empire and annex the satraps.
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 ...
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 ...
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. [4]
Chandragupta Maurya's minister, Kautilya Chanakya, wrote the Arthashastra, a treatise on economics, politics, foreign affairs, administration, military arts, war and religion. Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by his son, Bindusara , who expanded the kingdom over most of present-day India, other than the extreme south and east.
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.
Yet, while Schlingloff shows that the description of fortifications in the Arthashastra is pretty accurate when compared with archaeological remains, [58] the fortications excavated at Pāṭaliputra, the capital of the Maurya empire, are made of wood," something which would have been impossible if it was the prime minister of Chandragupta had ...