Chandragupta Maurya (died ca. 298 BC) was the founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first historical emperor of India. According to the Puranic tradition, Chandragupta, also known as Sandracottus, was the illegitimate son of the last Nanda king of...

r. 324-301 B.C. Indian emperor and founder of the Mauryan Empire (324-184 B.C.). Born a peasant, Chandragupta rose to overthrow the Nanda dynasty in the Magadha state of eastern India. Inspired by Alexander the Great's (356-323 B.C.) conquests...

Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य), sometimes known simply as Chandragupta (born c. 340 BCE, ruled c. 320[1] – 298 BCE[2]), was the founder of the Maurya Empire. Chandragupta succeeded in bringing...