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Chandragupta Maurya

Also known as Sandracottos, Androkottos, Chandragupta

founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)

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Chandragupta Maurya was an ancient Indian ruler who founded the Maurya Empire around 350 BCE, establishing one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in early Indian history. His empire mattered because it unified much of the Indian subcontinent under a single rule and laid the foundation for later achievements in administration, culture, and influence that would shape South Asian civilization.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Chandragupta Maurya is referenced by 674 other articles, and connects out to Historical Vedic religion, Bhadrabahu and Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri.

It is catalogued under topics including 290s BC deaths, 3rd-century BC Hindus and 3rd-century BC Indian monarchs.

Its subject is documented across 82 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Maurya empire
Place of birth: Pataliputra
Place of death: Shravanabelagola
Child: Bindusara
Occupation: sovereign
Educated at: Taxila
Religion: Jainism
Family: Maurya dynasty
Student of: Bhadrabahu
Conflict: Seleucid–Mauryan War
Image: Chandragupt maurya Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (31) (cropped).JPG

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Commons category: Chandragupta Maurya
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
date of birth: 0340-00-00
date of death: 0297-00-00
manner of death: Suicide
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic's main category: Category:Chandragupta Maurya

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Possible extent of Nanda Empire, c. 325 BCE. There are no contemporary records of Chandragupta's military conquests and the reach of his empire. The extent is deduced from Greek and Roman historians and religious Indian texts, all written centuries after his death. Based on these, Chandragupta's empire was extensive, here conceptualized at c. 303 BCE as a network of core areas and trade- and communication-networks. Traditional representation of extent of Chandragupta Maurya's empire c. 303 BCE, as a solid mass of territory. Some maps include all of Gedrosia, e.g., south-east Iran.

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