More than half a millennium later, the Sanskrit drama Mudrarakshasa calls him a "Nandanvaya" i.e. Many Indian literary traditions connect him with the Nanda Dynasty in modern day Bihar in eastern India. What is known is gathered from later classical Sanskrit literature, as well as classical Greek and Latin sources which refer to Chandragupta by the names "Sandracottos" or "Andracottus." Very little is known about Chandragupta's youth and ancestry. 3.1 Conquest of Seleucus' eastern territories.2.3 Conquest of Macedonian territories in India.He has played a crucial role in shaping the national identity of modern India, and has been lionised as a model ruler and as a national hero. Along with his grandson, Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya is one of the most celebrated rulers in the history of India.
The Greek diplomat Megasthenes is an important source of Mauryan history.Ĭhandragupta was influenced to accept Jainism by the sage Bhadrabahu he abdicated his throne to spend his last days at the Shravana Belgola, a famous religious site in southwest India, where he fasted to death. Chandragupta subsequently married Seleucus's daughter to formalize an alliance and established a policy of friendship with the Hellenistic kingdoms, which stimulated India's trade and contact with the western world.
He became well known in the Hellenistic world for conquering Alexander the Great's easternmost satrapies, and for defeating the most powerful of Alexander's successors, Seleucus I Nicator, in battle. In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrokottos and Androcottus. Buddhism and Jainism became increasingly prominent.
Chandragupta's reign was a time of great social and religious reform in India. There was a growth in culture which derived its inspiration from the Achaemenids and the Hellenistic world. In both art and architecture, the Mauryan empire constituted a landmark. Due to its unified structure, the empire developed a strong economy, with internal and external trade thriving and agriculture flourishing. Mauryan India was characterised by an efficient and highly organised bureaucratic structure with a large civil service. He established a strong central administration patterned after Chanakya’s text on politics, the Arthashastra (English: Economics and Political Science).
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA IN HINDI SERIES
Īfter unifying India, Chandragupta and his chief advisor Chanakya passed a series of major economic and political reforms. It was the largest empire yet seen in Indian history. His empire extended from Bengal and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan, eastern and south-east Iran in the west, to Kashmir in the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south. Chandragupta succeeded in conquering and subjugating almost all of the Indian subcontinent by the end of his reign. Prior to his consolidation of power, most of South Asia was ruled by small states, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the Gangetic Plains. Ĭhandragupta Maurya is a pivotal figure in the history of India. He ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favour of his son Bindusara in 298 BC. Statue of Chandragupta Maurya at the Birla Mandir, DelhiĬhandragupta Maurya (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and the first emperor to unify India into one state. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chandragupta Maurya.
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