{"slug": "maurya-empire", "label": "Maurya Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62943", "qid": "Q62943", "description": "ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-339, -214], "span_label": ["340 BCE", "215 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "chandragupta-maurya", "label": "Chandragupta Maurya", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ashoka", "label": "Ashoka", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": -339, "year_label": "340 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239354213#Births", "title": "340 BC", "revid": 1239354213, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -321, "year_label": "322 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help of Chanakya (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroys the Nanda rulers of Magadha and establishes the Maurya Empire. It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1316405653#India", "title": "322 BC", "revid": 1316405653, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -303, "year_label": "304 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ashoka, Indian emperor and ruler of the Maurya Empire in present-day Eastern India 268–232 BC (d. 232 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355692793#Births", "title": "304 BC", "revid": 1355692793, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -296, "year_label": "297 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of the Maurya Empire in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129350#Deaths", "title": "297 BC", "revid": 1350129350, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -267, "year_label": "268 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369785417#India", "title": "268 BC", "revid": 1369785417, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": -231, "year_label": "232 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ashoka, Indian emperor, who has ruled the Maurya Empire across the Indian subcontinent from 273 BC (b. 304 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319908071#Deaths", "title": "232 BC", "revid": 1319908071, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -223, "year_label": "224 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dasharatha, Mauryan emperor of Magadha (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172702#Deaths", "title": "224 BC", "revid": 1354172702, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Samprati, Mauryan emperor of Magadha", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Deaths", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Deaths"}}]}