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Chandragupta Maurya

founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)

9 dated entries naming Chandragupta Maurya, drawn from 8 separate years between 340 BCE and 297 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century BC

  • 340 BCEChandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire (approximate date)source
  • 322 BCEChandragupta 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.source
  • 321 BCEChandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, establishes himself as the king of Magadha.source
  • 305 BCESeleucus, former officer of Alexander the Great, considers himself emperor of Persia. He attempts to recover lands taken by Chandragupta that had been a part of Alexander's Empire. Seleucus establishes Seleucia on the Tigris River as his capital.source
  • 304 BCEThe Mauryan emperor Chandragupta defeats Seleucus I Nicator as he tries to invade India.source
  • 303 BCESeleucus I Nicator expands his kingdom throughout Persia as far east as India, but his advance is eventually halted by Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya dynasty of India. In a pact concluded by the two leaders, Seleucus agrees to territorial concessions in exchange for 500 war-trained elephants.source

3rd century BC

  • 298 BCEBindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.source
  • 297 BCEChandragupta Maurya goes to Sravana Belagola, near Mysore, to live in the way of Jains.source
  • 297 BCEChandragupta Maurya, Emperor of the Maurya Empire in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)source

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