INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chandragupta Maurya (350-295 BCE) was the first emperor of the Mauryan Empire in Ancient India who expanded a geographically extensive kingdom based in Magadha and founded the Maurya dynasty. He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mauryan Empire, which formed around 321 B.C.E. and ended in 185 B.C.E., was the first pan-Indian empire, an empire that covered most of the Indian region. It spanned across central and northern India as well as over parts of modern-day Iran.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mauryan (322-185 BCE) and Gupta (320-550 CE) empires of India united large areas of the subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chandragupta Maurya successfully unified the Indian subcontinent under an empire. Chandragupta ruled from 324 to 297 BCE before voluntarily giving the throne up to his son, Bindusara, who ruled from 297 BCE until his death in 272 BCE.