INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In the wake of the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce, Chandragupta (or Chandragupta Maurya), founder of the Mauryan dynasty, conquered the Punjab region from the southeastern edges of Alexander’s former empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya. It was the first empire that covered most of the Indian region. It spanned across central and northern India as well as over parts of modern-day Iran. The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mauryan Empire was a state with capital at Pataliputra near the junction of the Son and Ganga rivers which lasted from about 321 to 185 BCE. Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the dynasty.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mauryan empire was established by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 BCE with the help of his mentor Chanakya. All of Chanakya’s ideas are recorded in the Arthashastra.