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1. Chandragupta Maurya
Haryanka Dynasty  684-413BC
- Bimbisar
- Ajatshatru
Nanda Dynasty  423-312BC
- Mahapadamananda
- Dhananand
Maurya Empire  321-185BC
- Chandragupta
- Bindusar
- Samrat Asok (234-198BC)
- Udayan

2. Chandragupta Maurya
Important  Sources & Personalities
Magnethenis Indica
Kautilya Arthshasra
Greek and Roman sources
 Nearchus, Onesicritus, Diodorus, Arrian, Pliny
the Elder, Plutarch, Aristobulus of Cassandreia,
Strabo, Megasthenes, and Justin
Hindu sources
 Vishakhadatta's Mudrarakshasa, Somadeva's
Kathasaritsagara and Kshemendra's
Brihatkathamanjari
Buddhist sources
 4th-century or after, including the Sri Lankan
Pali texts
Dipavamsa (Rajavamsa section), Mahavamsa,
Mahavamsa tika and Mahabodhivamsa
Jain inscriptions
 7th to 10th century- Brhatkathakosa of
Harisena, 12th-century - Parisishtaparvan by
Hemachandra
Digambara text - The 10th-century
Ancient Greek and Latin accounts,
Chandragupta is referred as Sandrokottos or Androcottus

3. Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta's reign, as well the dynasty that followed him,
was an era of economic prosperity, reforms and infrastructure
expansion. Many religions thrived in India within his and his
descendants' empire; Buddhism, Jainism and Ajivika gained
prominence along with the Vedic traditions. A memorial to
Chandragupta Maurya exists on the Chandragiri hill along with
a 7th-century hagiographic inscription.
Chandragupta's
empire extended from Bengal to most of the Indian
subcontinent except for the regions that are now
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Odisha .
The Buddhist sources explain the epithet Moriya comes from these peacocks
Digha-Nikaya states he came from the Moriya clan of Pipphalivana
Hindu and the Buddhist texts, Chandragupta ruled for 24 years.
According to the Buddhist text Mahavamsa Tika, Chandragupta and Chanakya raised an army by recruiting
soldiers from many places after the former completed his education at Taxila

4. Chandragupta Maurya
The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great ended before Chandragupta came into power. Alexander had left
India in 325 BCE and assigned the northwestern Indian subcontinent territories to Greek governors.
The nature of early relationship between these governors and Chandragupta is unknown. Justin mentions
Chandragupta as a rival of the Alexander's successors in north-western India. He states that after
Alexander's death, Chandragupta freed Indian territories from the Greeks and executed some of the
governors. According to Boesche, this war with the northwestern territories were in part fought by
mercenaries hired by Chandragupta and Chanakya, and these wars may have been the cause of the demise of
two of Alexander's governors, Nicanor and Philip
Conquest of north-west regions
War and marriage alliance with Seleucus
Seleucus I Nicator – 312 BC  Babylon , Parsia, Bactria
Maaried off his daughter with Chandragupta
Kandhar 500War Elephant sent to Babylon
Baluchisthan Megasthenes as an ambassador
Kabul
Gandhar Antiochos sent Deimakos to his son Bindusara

5. Chandragupta Maurya
Southern conquest
Tamil Sangam literature corpus – Akananuru
and Purananuru
Nanda rule and Maurya empire
army and chariots of the Mauryas
Mokur and Koshar kingdoms
Empire
East  West
Bay of Bangal to Sindh/ Afganisthan
Up to Chandragiri  On South
Malwa , Gujrath, Junagard.
Sudarshana lake  in Junagadh by Vaishya Pushyagupta

6. Chandragupta Maurya
Rule of Chandragupta
Janapada  Head of Janpads
Center Power  Pataliputra
Council of ministers for Justice, Taxes, Roads, Agriculture, Trading,
Irrigation, Foreigners, Harbors, standardized weights and measures
The third administrative body overlooked the military, its training, its
weapons supply, and the needs of the soldiers .
Infrastructure Projects
Strong economy from a solid infrastructure such as
irrigation, temples, mines, and roads ,
Roads suitable for carts ,
Thousand-mile-long highway
connecting Chandragupta's capital Pataliputra in Bihar to Taxila in the north-west
Tradition spread from Pataliputra  Nepal, Kapilavastu, Dehradun, Mirzapur, Odisha, Andhra, and Karnataka.

7. Chandragupta Maurya
Succession, renunciation, and death
The circumstances and year of Chandragupta's death are unclear and disputed. According to
Digambara Jain accounts that first appear from 10th century CE onwards, Bhadrabahu forecasted a 12-year
famine because of all the killing and violence during the conquests by Chandragupta Maurya. He led a group
of Jain monks to south India, where Chandragupta Maurya joined him as a monk after abdicated his kingdom
to his son Bindusara. Together, states a Digambara legend, Chandragupta and Bhadrabahu moved to
Shravanabelagola, in present-day south Karnataka. These Jain accounts were written more than 1,200
years after Chandragupta's death and appear in texts such as Brihakathā kośa (931 CE) of Harishena,
Bhadrabāhu charita (1450 CE) of Ratnanandi, Munivaṃsa bhyudaya (1680 CE) and Rajavali
kathe.Chandragupta lived as an ascetic at Shravanabelagola for several years before fasting to
death as per the Jain practice of sallekhana, according to the Digambara legend

8. Chandragupta Maurya
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