![]() ![]() Chandragupta, under the tutelage of Chanakya, created a new empire based on the principles of statecraft, built a large army, and continued expanding the boundaries of his empire until ultimately renouncing it for an ascetic life in his final years. Ĭhandragupta Maurya was an important figure in the history of India, laying the foundations of the first state to unite most of India. ![]() The Mauryan empire was a loose-knit empire. The nature of the political formation that existed in Chandragupta's time is not certain. The Maurya kingdom expanded to become an empire that reached its peak under the reign of his grandson, Ashoka, from 268 BCE to 231 BCE. Chandragupta Maurya ( Pāli: Candagutta Moriya Sanskrit: Candragupta Maurya Ancient Greek: Σανδράκοπτος Sandrákoptos, Σανδράκοττος Sandrákottos, Ανδροκόττος Androkóttos 350 - 295 BCE) was the ruler of an Iron Age Indian Empire who expanded a geographically-extensive kingdom based in Magadha and founded the Maurya dynasty. ![]()
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