Chandragupta Maurya
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Emperors, Caesars, Khans
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Indian emperor (r. c. 321-301 b.c.e.){$I[g]India and Sri Lanka;Chandragupta Maurya} Chandragupta Maurya established the Mauryan Dynasty and empire in India. He and his successors were the first to establish near unity in the subcontinent.
Early Life
In the fourth century b.c.e., the Indian subcontinent was divided into more than a dozen kingdoms stretching east to west, from the Ganges to the Indus. The most powerful of these kingdoms was Magadha, based on its capital Pataliputra (the modern Patna) on the Ganges River. Chandragupta...
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