date & events on mauryan empire
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. 350 BCE - 275 BCE
Life of Kautilya, Indian stateman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta.
340 BCE - 298 BCE
Life of Indian Emperor Chandragupta, first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
c. 321 BCE - c. 297 BCE
Reign of Chandragupta Maurya, first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
321 BCE
Dhana Nanda, king of Magadha, is killed by Chandragupta Maurya.
320 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya seizes the throne of Magadhan and expands the kingdom over northern and central India.
c. 320 BCE - c. 180 BCE
Mauryan rule in the Gandhara region, beginning with Chandragupta Maurya.
305 BCE
Emperor Changragupta signs a treaty with Seleucos I, establishing borders and giving the Punjab to Chandragupta in return for 500 war elephants.
300 BCE - 273 BCE
Reign of Bindusara, the second ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
298 BCE - 272 BCE
Chandragupta's son, Bindusara, rules and expands the Maurya Empire.
298 BCE
Chandragupta voluntarily abdicates the throne in favour of his son Bindusara. Jain sources say that Chandragupta turned into an ascetic and follower of Jainism, migrated south and starved himself to death.
273 BCE - 236 BCE
Reign of Ashoka, third ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
c. 268 BCE
Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya dynasty in India.
262 BCE
Ashoka conquers Kalinga. The bloodshed makes him remorseful, and he turns towards non-violence.
232 BCE
Indian ruler Ashoka dies and the Maurya empire declines.
187 BCE
Brihadratha, the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty is assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Shunga.