INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mauryan Empire’s first leader, Chandragupta Maurya, started consolidating land as Alexander the Great’s power began to wane. Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Mauryan Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chandra Gupta I, king of India (reigned 320 to c. 330 ce) and founder of the Gupta empire. He was the grandson of Sri Gupta, the first known ruler of the Gupta line. Chandra Gupta I, whose early life is unknown, became a local chief in the kingdom of Magadha (parts of modern Bihar state).

Detailed explanation-4: -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-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.