INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There is only one book in which Mauryas were called Shudras. That is 1000 years after the Maurya dynasty, the play Mudrarakshas, composed by Visakhadatta. In the Mudra Raksha, Acharya Chanakya repeatedly rebukes his disciple Chandragupta Maurya by calling him Vrishal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Whereas in the Mudrakshas composed by Visakhadatta, the word ‘Vrishal’ has been used for Chandragupta Maurya, which means of the low origin or of a small caste. Chandragupta’s victory in the south is mentioned in the Tamil texts Ahananoor and Murananoor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘Mudrarakshasa’ is a play written by Vishakhadatta, referred Chandragupta as ‘Vrishala’ and ‘Kulahina, ‘ which means a person of humble origin.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 12th-century Digambara text Parishishtaparvan by Hemachandra is the main and earliest Jain source of the complete legend of Chandragupta. It was written nearly 1, 400 years after Chandragupta’s death. Canto 8, verses 170 to 469, describes the legend of Chandragupta and Chanakya’s influence on him.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Ancient Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is referred as Sandrokottos and Androcottus respectively. Chandragupta Maurya was an important figure in the history of India, laying the foundations of the first government to unite most of South Asia.