Emperor Chandragupta

Chandragupta Maurya (reign: 321–298 BCE ) was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. According to the Buddhist legends, he was born into a kshatriya family, however orphaned at an early age and was raised by a shudra family. His adopted family were farmers, raising peacocks, thus attributing to his surname Maurya (मौर्य). During his adolescent years, his talents were counselled and guided by Chanakya. Chanakya, who is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya, was the author of the Arthashastra a scriptural treatise of statehood and nation building.Chandragupta, under the tutelaged of Chanakya, conquered the Nanda and Seleucid Empires. Thus Chandragupta established the largest empire that would exist in the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta is accredited to have followed Jainism later in his life. He first renounced his kingdom, and parted ways with his wealth and power. Ultimately Chandragupta, when relinquishing his kingdom, resided in Karnataka where he performed Sallekhana – the Jain religious ritual of peacefully welcoming death by fasting.[note  His legacy includes his grandson, Emperor Ashoka, who was famous for conquering most of the Indian subcontinent. Ashoka was responsible for spreading Buddhism throughout the world as ascribed in his historic pillars, known as the Edicts of Ashoka. Chandragupta's life and accomplishments are described in ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Greek texts, but they vary significantly in details from the Jaina accounts.Megasthenes served as a Greek ambassador in his court for four years.[8] In Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrokottos and Androcottus.

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