Chandragupta Maurya#Chandragupta
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#Chandragupta
Chandragupta Maurya · c. 340–297 BCE
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Empire-building — founder of the Maurya dynasty, ruler of the first state to hold nearly the whole Indian subcontinent.
“The first emperor of India left no inscription, no coin with his face, no word in his own voice — we know him best from Greek notebooks, where he appears as Sandrocottus, the man who took a subcontinent while Alexander's generals were still dividing the paperwork.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Timing can beat pedigree. In the vacuum left by Alexander's death, a young man with no throne and no traceable father built India's first subcontinental empire — and made peace with the Greeks on terms so favourable that Indian elephants ended up deciding a battle for the Mediterranean world.”
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