Maurya Empire
ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)
8 dated entries naming Maurya Empire, drawn from 8 separate years between 340 BCE and 215 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
- 304 BCEAshoka, Indian emperor and ruler of the Maurya Empire in present-day Eastern India 268–232 BC (d. 232 BC)source
3rd century BC
- 297 BCEChandragupta Maurya, Emperor of the Maurya Empire in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)source
- 268 BCEMay 16 – Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire.source
- 232 BCEAshoka, Indian emperor, who has ruled the Maurya Empire across the Indian subcontinent from 273 BC (b. 304 BC)source
- 224 BCEDasharatha, Mauryan emperor of Magadha (approximate date)source
- 215 BCESamprati, Mauryan emperor of Magadhasource
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