Origin of maurya empire
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The Maurya Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and rapidly expanded his power westward across central and western India in order to take advantage of the disruptions of local powers in the wake of the withdrawal by Alexander the Great’s armies.
According to legend, the teacher Chanakya convinced his disciple, Chandragupta Maurya, to conquer the the kingdom of Magadha (the Nanda Empire) when he was insulted by its king Dhana Nanda.
Chandragupta Maurya expanded the Maurya Empire north and west as he conquered the Macedonian Satrapies and won the Seleucid-Mauryan war.
In its time, the Maurya Empire was one of the largest empires of the world.
The Mauryan dynasty was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 BCE. It is believed that Chanakya was his mentor and guide. Chanakya is also known as Kautilya aur Vishnugupta who is the author of the book Arthashastra, which advises the kings on the art of administration.
Chandragupta overthrew the last Nanda ruler and occupied his capital Patliputra. He continued to capture territories and gradually move towards Central India and then Chandragupta also captured the area of North-west India after Alexander's departure he also defeated Seleucus Nicator, Alexander's general in 305 BC and after defeating him, Chandragupta made gift of 500 elephants to him and open the territory across the river Indus.
Chandragupta Maurya established a big empire which included important cities like Patliputra, Taxila and Ujjain. Patliputra was the capital of the mauryan empire which was a large and beautiful cities surrounded by a massive wall and also it has 570 towers and 64 gates.