GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Created ruthless rules
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Built the Taj Mahal
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He took over most of India’s temples
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Found the Mauryan Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eventually, he gained control of northwestern India and Bactria-what is today Afghanistan and was at that time controlled by the Greeks. Chandragupta Maurya successfully unified the Indian subcontinent under an empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chandragupta was the founder of the Mauryan dynasty (reigned c. 321–c. 297 BCE) and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. He is credited with saving the country from maladministration and freeing it from foreign domination.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.E. left a large power vacuum, and Chandragupta took advantage, gathering an army and overthrowing the Nanda power in Magadha, in present-day eastern India, marking the start of the Mauryan Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chandragupta defeated and conquered both the Nanda Empire and the Greek satraps that were appointed or formed from Alexander’s Empire in South Asia.