Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya or Shashigupta[4] was the founder of the Maurya Empire in South Asia. He was born in a humble family in Oddiyana or the Gandhara region in Ancient Pakistan.[5][6][7] He was picked up, taught and counselled by Chanakya (also known as Kautilya) – a Hindu Brahmin who wrote the Arthashastra. Together, Chandragupta and Chanakya built one of the largest empires in the subcontinent.
| Chandragupta Maurya | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).JPG) Modern statue of Chandragupta Maurya at Birla Temple, Delhi | |
| Emperor of Magadha | |
| Reign | c. 322 – c. 297 BCE[1][2] |
| Coronation | c. 322 BCE |
| Predecessor | Dhana Nanda |
| Successor | Bindusara[3] |
| Born | c. 350 BCE Pataliputra, Magadha (Present day Bihar, India) |
| Died | c. 295 BCE Chandragiri, Maurya Empire (Present day Karnataka, India) |
| Spouse | Durdhara A Seleucid princess (name unknown) |
| Issue | Bindusara |
| Dynasty | Maurya |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Alma mater | Taxila University |
Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus I Nicator, one of the successful satrapies of Alexander the Great and married Seleucus I Nicator daughter Helena . He was the ruler until 297 BC. He became a Jain monk and died at Shravanabelagola of Karnataka in the same year.
Sources
changeReferences
change- ↑ Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of India Archived 10 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Upinder Singh 2016, p. 330.
- ↑ Upinder Singh 2016, p. 331.
- ↑ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona,1936, Vol xviii, part 2, pp 161, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Dr H. C. Seth.
- ↑ Was Chandragupta Maurya a Punjabi?, Punjab History Conference, Second Session, October 28-30, 1966, Punjabi University Patiala, p 32-35, Dr H. R. Gupta.
- ↑ The Racial History of Ancient India, 1944, p 814, Chandra Chakraberty.
- ↑ Punjab revisited: an anthology of 70 research documents on the history and culture of undivided Punjab, 1995, Ahmad Saleem - History.
Bibleography
changeSingh, Upinder (2016), A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Pearson Education, ISBN 978-93-325-6996-6
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