Many Indian literary traditions connect him with the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha in modern day Bihar in eastern India. Over two thousand years later, the accomplishments of Chandragupt stand out in the history of South Asia.įurther information: Ancestry of Chandragupta Maurya His achievements, which ranged from conquering Macedonian satrapies in the northwest and conquering the Nanda Empire by the time he was only about 20 years old, to achieving an alliance with Seleucus I Nicator and establishing centralized rule throughout South Asia, remain some of the most celebrated in the history of India. After Chandragupt's conquests, the Maurya Empire extended from Bengal and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan in the west, to Kashmir and Nepal in the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south. Prior to Chandragupt's consolidation of power, small regional kingdoms dominated the northwestern subcontinent, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the middle and lower basin of the Ganges. In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupt is known as Sandrokyptos ( Σανδρόκυπτος), Sandrokottos ( Σανδρόκοττος) or Androcottus. Chandragupt is considered the first unifier of India and its first genuine emperor. Chandragupt succeeded in conquering most of the Indian subcontinent.
320 BCE, – 298 BCE ) was the founder of the Maurya Empire. Hinduism for major part of life, Jainism in older daysĬhandragupt Maurya (Sanskrit: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य Hindi: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य), (born c.
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