Chandragupta Maurya
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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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.