Chandragupta Maurya [d] (reigned c. 320 BCE [e] – c. 298 BCE) [f] was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian subcontinent.

Magadha was a region and kingdom in ancient India, based in the eastern Ganges Plain. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period. The region was ruled by several dynasties, which overshadowed, conquered, and incorporated the other Mahajanapadas.

2024年12月31日 · Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire (ca. 320 BCE – 185 BCE), transformed Indian history by unifying vast regions under centralized rule. Emerging from uncertain origins, he overthrew the Nanda dynasty in Magadha with the guidance of …

2025年2月21日 · Chandragupta (died c. 297 bce, Shravanbelagola, India) was the founder of the Mauryan dynasty (reigned c. 321–c. 297 bce) and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. He is credited with saving the country from maladministration and freeing it from foreign domination.

2019年2月4日 · Chandragupta Maurya (c. 321 - c. 297 BCE), known as Sandrakottos (or Sandrokottos) to the Greeks, was the founder of the Maurya Dynasty (4th-2nd century BCE) and is credited with the setting up of the first (nearly) pan -Indian empire.

Chandragupta, who ruled from 324 to 301 B.C., was the architect the Mauryan Empire (326-184 B.C.), whose capital was Pataliputra, near modern-day Patna, in Bihar.

Chandragupta conquered Magadha after subduing the north-west frontier. As it must have taken a few years to reduce the country east of the Punjab, the date 313 BC, for the accession

2025年2月18日 · Chandragupta Maurya’s life and times are a subject of extensive historical interest, marked by a complex interplay of fact, legend, and interpretation. He is widely regarded as the first historical emperor of India.

2019年12月26日 · Arising in the kingdom of Magadha, the Mauryan empire (321–185 B . C .), with its capital Pataliputra (modern Patna), was the first imperial polity in South Asia. Under the able leadership of its founder, Chandragupta Maurya (r. 321–297 B . C .), and his successors Bindusara (r. 297–272 B . C .) and Ashoka (r. 268–231 B .

Chandragupta Maurya (died ca. 298 B.C.) was the founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first historical emperor of India. According to the Puranic tradition, Chandragupta, also known as Sandracottus, was the illegitimate son of the last Nanda king of Magadha by the maid servant Mura, hence the name Maurya.