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Maurya Empire

ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)

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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
  • 320 BCEBindusara, the heir to the throne of the Mauryan Empire, is born. (died 272 BC)source
  • 304 BCEThe Mauryan emperor Chandragupta defeats Seleucus I Nicator as he tries to invade India.source
  • 304 BCEAshoka, Indian emperor and ruler of the Maurya Empire in present-day Eastern India 268–232 BC (died 232 BC)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, Emperor of the Maurya Empire in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)source
  • 272 BCEThe Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, sends the Mauryan army to conquer the southern kingdoms. Kadamba is conquered.source
  • 272 BCEBindusara, emperor of the Mauryan Empire (born c. 320 BC)source
  • 271 BCEThe Mauryan empire annexes the southern kingdoms till the realms of the three crowned kings of Chola, Chera and Pandya.source
  • 268 BCEMay 16 – Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire.source
  • 266 BCEThe Mauryan emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism.source
  • 261 BCEMauryan Emperor Ashoka wages a war against the independent kingdom of Kalinga, culminating in the Battle of the Dhauli Hills. In the aftermath, Kalinga is annexed into the Mauryan Empire, but the brutality of the war is believed to have led to Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism, as described in his many Edicts of Ashoka.source
  • 250 BCEAccording to the Theravāda commentaries and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council is convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra (modern Patna), under the leadership of the monk Moggaliputta Tissa. Its objective is to purify the Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic factions which are being attracted by the royal patronage.source
  • 250 BCEThe Mauryan sculpture Didarganj Yakshi holding a Fly Whisk, from Patna, Bihar in India, is made (approximate date). It is now kept at the Patna Museum in Patna.source
  • 248 BCEThe Mauryan king Ashoka is dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism and begins establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.source
  • 246 BCEThe Ashokan pillar in Lauriya, Nandangarh (from the Maurya period) is made.source
  • 232 BCEAshoka, Indian emperor, who has ruled the Maurya Empire across the Indian subcontinent from 273 BC (born 304 BC)source
  • 224 BCEDasharatha, Mauryan emperor of Magadha (approximate date)source
  • 215 BCESamprati, Mauryan emperor of Magadhasource

2nd century BC

  • 195 BCEChang'an, the capital of China, is thought to become the largest city in the world at this time, taking over from Pataliputra, the capital of the Mauryan empire.source
  • 185 BCEPushyamitra Shunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the Shunga dynasty.source
  • 185 BCEBrhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty (from 197 BC)source
  • 180 BCEDemetrius I starts his invasion of present-day Pakistan, following the earlier destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by general Pushyamitra Shunga.source

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