Chandragupta Maurya laid the foundation of the Maurya Empire and he was the first emperor to build a united India.
Great kings were always born in the land of India and watered this earth. One of them was a great king Chandragupta
It would not be wrong to say that his significant contribution in uniting the whole of India
Come learn about the great Chandragupta Maurya:-
Special life point
Chandragupta Maurya was a great king. He ruled in India till 324 B.C. and then gave the whole kingdom to his son Bindusar and went to the mountains.
Chandragupta Maurya was a glorious king in the history of India. He defeated King Dhanananda of Nanda Dynasty and also defeated Alexander and later also defeated Alexander's successor.
Start
Maurya was in his adolescent age when Alexander invaded India in 326 B.C. Alexander defeated King Porus
After this, Alexander's eyes were in the kingdom of Nand Dynasty's King Dhanananda, who had six thousand elephants etc. and a very large army.
But Alexander knew that he would not be able to defeat his army. So Ganga returned from the banks of the river and Alexander knelt down.
Nand dynasty
There was a powerful empire with closure. Prevented him from coming to India
Nand had such a large army that he drove Alexander.
King Dhanananda of Nand Dynasty was a very careless king. He used to do a lot more than the public. He has no fear of foreign invaders
Date of Birth: 340 BC
Place of Birth: Pataliputra
Date of Death: 297 BC
Place of Death: Shravanabelagola, Karnataka
Reign: 321 BC to 298 BC
Spouses: Durdhara, Helena
Child: Bindusara
Successor: Bindusara
Father: Sarvarthasiddhi
Mother: Mura
Grandchildren: Ashoka, Susima, Vitashoka
Chankay entery
Chanakya Pandit knows them all over the world today.
Whose policies are used today all over the world
They used to teach at Taxila, the first university in the world at that time.
I went to King Dhanananda for 1 day to talk about the foreign invasion, but King Dhanananda drove him away.
And in front of everyone in the whole assembly, they were beaten up and fired, which on seeing this, the Pandit was very angry and took a pledge.
He said that I will uproot its kingdom and bring a good king instead.
And then it was from here that Chandragupta Maurya began to become king:-
Chanakya made Chandragupta Maurya his disciple.
Chanakya taught Chandragupta against Nanda. He taught them weapons and scriptures and accomplished everything.
Chandragupta Maurya has formed his own small army and attacked them in the kingdom of Thana Nanda many times but them No success
After several attempts, he finally succeeded and captured his capital Pataliputra.
And Chandragupta overthrew Nand Dynasty and became the king there.
Established his empire at the age of 20 in 321 B.C. The empire of Chandgupat stretches from Afghanistan to Burma Jammu Kashmir to Hyderabad
Also conquered present-day Iran in Chandragupta
Marriage
Chandragupta Maurya married the daughter of Alexander's heir and gifted them 400 elephants.
In the end, Chandragupta Maurya united the whole of India and ruled it.
End
At the age of 50, Chandragupta Maurya embraced Jainism and went to the mountains, handing over all his kingdom to Bindusara to his son.
Hope you have enjoyed knowing about them, have a nice day.
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