Meanwhile, the supporter kings of Chandragupta want a share of either kingdom or wealth of Magadha. Chanakya is appointed as new amatya and he appoints to the council all those loyal to Magadha.ġ1. When Chandragupta enters Pataliputra, he faces no opposition.ġ0. Amatya Rakshasa goes in hiding seeking plot to revenge the downfall of Nanda dynasty.ĩ. He creates a situation of civil war and the sons of the king and the commander is killed and king has to leave the city.Ĩ. He exploits the deep rooted corruption in the system led by the aging and retiring king Dhana Nanda, corrupt Commander-in-chief and jealous princes.ħ. Chanakya returns to Pataliputra with a plan.
#Who is chandragupta maurya in hindi series#
Chandragupta does fight series of wars in guerilla techniques with the Nanda army and Chanakya’s initial attempt to defeat Nanda failed and then he changed his strategies by weakening enemy at around its edges.Ħ.
With exceptional military strategies, spy networks, dedicated loyal army chieftans, an honest prime minister and the ever watchful Amatya Kartikeya, popularly known as Amatya Rakshasa, it was not possible to uproot Magadha.ĥ. With the help of the his long time friend and minister in Kekaya, Chanakya makes king Porus an ally of Chandragupta and under the alliance, many kingdoms of Northern mountain countries come under the leadership of Chandragupta and with the advice of Chanakya, Chandragupta marches with that army towards Magadha to overthrow the Nanda king.Ĥ. Chanakya’s strategies led to the assassination of the satrap of Alexander and after the death of Alexander in Greece, Chandragupta leads a force and frees all the kingdoms previously won by Alexander.ģ.
After Alexander’s departure, With the help of growing rebels Chanakya compels king of Taxila to help him and he forms a small army under the leadership of Chandragupta.Ģ. The satrapies he fought included Eudemus, ruler in western Punjab until his departure in 317 BCE and Peithon, son of Agenor, ruler of the Greek colonies along the Indus until his departure for Babylon in 316 BCE. After Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Chandragupta, turned his attention to Northwestern India (modern Pakistan), where he defeated the satrapies left in place by Alexander, and assassinated two of his governors, Nicanor and Philip.Ģ. Conquest of Macedonian territories in Indiaġ. Chandragupta was the son of the Nanda king Sarvarthasiddhi by a wife named Mura, daughter of a Vrishala. The Sanskrit drama Mudrarakshasa calls him a "Nandanvaya" i.e. Along with his grandson, Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya is one of the most celebrated rulers in the history of India.ĩ. Chandragupta was influenced to accept Jainism by the sage Bhadrabahu he abdicated his throne to spend his last days at the Shravana Belgola, a famous religious site in southwest India, where he fasted to death. The Greek diplomat Megasthenes is an important source of Mauryan history.Ĩ. Chandragupta subsequently married Seleucus's daughter to formalize an alliance and established a policy of friendship with the Hellenistic kingdoms, which stimulated India's trade and contact with the western world. He became well known in the Hellenistic world for conquering Alexander the Great's easternmost satrapies, and for defeating the most powerful of Alexander's successors, Seleucus I Nicator, in battle.ħ. In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrokottos and Androcottus. Buddhism and Jainism became increasingly prominent.Ħ. Chandragupta's reign was a time of great social and religious reform in India. There was a growth in culture which derived its inspiration from the Achaemenids and the Hellenistic world.ĥ. In both art and architecture, the Mauryan empire constituted a landmark. Due its unified structure, the empire developed a strong economy, with internal and external trade thriving and agriculture flourishing. Mauryan India was characterised by an efficient and highly organised bureaucratic structure with a large civil service. It was the largest empire yet seen in Indian history.Ĥ. His empire extended from Bengal and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan, eastern and south-east Iran in the west, to Kashmir in the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south. Chandragupta succeeded in conquering and subjugating almost all of the Indian subcontinent by the end of his reign. Prior to his consolidation of power, most of South Asia was ruled by small states, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the Gangetic Plains. He ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favour of his son Bindusara in 298 BC.ģ.
Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and the first emperor to unify India into one state.Ģ.
0 kommentar(er)
