Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the foundation of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of South Asia.

Plutarch and other Greco-Roman historians appreciated the gravity of Chandragupta Maurya's conquests.

Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the foundation of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India.

Chandragupta Maurya's rise to power is shrouded in mystery and controversy.

Emperor Chandragupta Maurya's Prime Minister Kautilya's Arthashastra devotes a full chapter on the state department of waterways under navadhyaksha ( Sanskrit for Superintendent of ships ).

The Himalayan alliance gave Chandragupta a formidable composite army made up of the cavalry forces of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas, Kiratas, Parasikas and Bahlikas as attested by Mudra-Rakashas ( Mudra-Rakshasa 2 ).

It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus's daughter, or a Macedonian princess, a gift from Seleucus to formalize an alliance.

He formed an alliance with the Indian King Chandragupta Maurya.

He was defeated by the emperor of India, Chandragupta Maurya and accepted a matrimony alliance for 500 elephants after ceding the territories considered as part of India.

The alliance between Chandragupta and Seleucus was probably affirmed with a marriage ( Epigamia ).

Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, who fought Chandragupta Maurya, and later made an alliance with him.

It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus's daughter to formalize an alliance.

With a dowry of the kingdom of Magadha ( capital Pataliputra ) and an alliance with the Lichchhavis, Chandragupta set about expanding his power, conquering much of Magadha, Prayaga and Saketa.

He attained success by pursuing both a favorable marital alliance and an aggressive expansionist policy in this which his father and grandfather ( Chandragupta I ) set the precedent.

Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, who fought Chandragupta Maurya, and later made an alliance with him.

It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus's daughter, or a Greek Macedonian princess, a gift from Seleucus to formalize an alliance.

This Himalayan alliance gave Chandragupta a powerful composite army made up of the frontier martial tribes of the Shakas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Parasikas, Bahlikas etc.

Chandragupta and Seleucus finally concluded an alliance.

This Himalayan alliance gave Chandragupta a powerful composite army made up of the frontier martial tribes of the Shakas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Parasikas, Bahlikas etc.

The Himalayan alliance gave Chandragupta a formidable composite army made up of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas, Kiratas, Parasikas and Bahlikas as attested by Mudra-Rakashas ( Mudra-Rakshasa 2 ).

Seleucus is said to have reach a peace treaty with Chandragupta by given control of the territory south of the Hindu Kush to the Mauryas upon intermarriage and 500 elephants.

Seleucus is said to have reach a peace treaty with Chandragupta by giving control of the territory south of the Hindu Kush to him upon intermarriage and 500 elephants.

Seleucus went as far as India, where after two years of war he reached an agreement with Chandragupta Maurya, in which he exchanged his eastern territories for a considerable force of 500 war elephants, which would play a decisive role at Ipsus ( 301 BC ).

* Chandragupta Maurya captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help Chanakya ( Kautilya ), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroyed the Nanda rulers of Magadha and established the Mauryan empire.

* The annexation of western provinces by Chandragupta II give him control over commerce with Europe and Egypt.

In the year 305 BC, Seleucus I Nicator went to India and apparently occupied territory as far as the Indus, and eventually waged war with the Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya:

Also the passage of Arrian explaining that Megasthenes lived in Arachosia with the satrap Sibyrtius, from where he traveled to India to visit Chandragupta, goes against the notion that Arachosia was under Maurya rule:

The war elephants Seleucus received from Chandragupta proved to be useful when the Diadochi finally decided to deal with Antigonus.

Chandragupta extended the borders of his empire towards Seleucid Empire | Seleucid History of Iran | Persia after his conflict with Seleucus I Nicator | Seleucus c. 305 BCE.

Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian satrap of Alexander, reconquered most of Alexander's former empire and put under his own authority the eastern territories as far as Bactria and the Indus ( Appian, History of Rome, The Syrian Wars 55 ), until in 305 BCE he entered into conflict with Chandragupta:

Ghatotkacha ( reigned c. 280 – 319 CE ), had a son named Chandragupta ( reigned c. 319 – 335 CE ) ( not to be confused with Chandragupta Maurya ( 340 – 293 BCE ), founder of the Mauryan Empire.

Silver coin of Chandragupta II, minted in his Western territories, in the style of the Western Satraps. Obv: Bust of king, with corrupted Greek legend " OOIHU ". Rev: Legend in Brahmi, " Chandragupta Vikramaditya, King of Kings, and a devotee of Vishnu ", around a peacock.

4th century CE Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, credits Chandragupta Vikramaditya with having conquered about twenty one kingdoms, both in and outside India.

During the reign of Chandragupta II, Gupta empire maintained a large army consisting of 500, 000 infantry, 50, 000 cavalry, 20, 000 charioteers and 10, 000 elephants along with a powerful navy with more than 1200 ships.

From 388 to 409 he subjugated Gujarat, the region north of Mumbai, Saurashtra, in western India, and Malwa, with its capital at Ujjain .< ref >< http :// www. britannica. com / EBchecked / topic / 92493 / Chandra-Gupta-II >.</ ref > Culturally, the reign of Chandragupta II marked a Golden Age.

Coin of Vikramadytia Chandragupta II with the name of the king in Brahmi script, 380 – 415 CE.

Historians still don't know what liberties the author Vishakadatta took with the incidents, but Dhruvadevi was indeed Chandragupta II's Chief Queen as seen in the Vaisali Terracotta Seal that calls her " Mahadevi " ( Chief Queen ) Dhruvasvamini.

In the same year he marries Prabhavatigupta, daughter of the Gupta king Chandragupta II.

It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king.

* Samudragupta succeeds Chandragupta I as king of the Gupta Empire.

* Chandragupta I, king of the Gupta Empire

* Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, establishes himself as the king of Magadha.

Again more than a millennium later, Dhundiraja, a commentator of 18th century on Mudrarakshasa states that Chandragupta was the son of the Nanda king Sarvarthasiddhi by a wife named Mura, daughter of a Vrishala ( Shudra ).

Junianus Justinus ( Justin ) describes the humble origins of Chandragupta, and explains how he later led a popular uprising against the Nanda king.

The fragment from Vishakadatta's " Natya-darpana " mentions the king Ramagupta, the elder brother of Chandragupta II, deciding to surrender his queen Dhruvaswamini to the Saka ruler of the Western Kshatrapas Rudrasimha III ( r. 388-395 CE ), after a defeat at the Saka ruler's hands.

Silver coin of Chandragupta II the Great, minted in his Western territories, in the style of the Western Satraps. Obv: Bust of king, with corrupted Greek legend " OOIHU ".< ref >" Evidence of the conquest of Saurashtra ( region ) | Saurastra during the reign of Chandragupta II is to be seen in his rare silver coins which are more directly imitated from those of the Western Satraps ... they retain some traces of the old inscriptions in Greek characters, while on the reverse, they substitute the Gupta type ( a peacock ) for the chaitya with crescent and star.

In addition, Chandragupta II was the first Gupta king to issue silver coins, such as the one illustrated at right.

The title ' Vikramaditya ' was later used by Gupta king Chandragupta II and 16th century Hindu king Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya as well.

While his two ancestors were given the title of Maharaja ( king ), Chandragupta I is described in his inscriptions as Maharajadhiraj ( king of kings ) signifying a rise in the family fortunes. He gained control over many territories by conquests and favourable marriage alliances.

Chandragupta I, a Magadha king, and the first ruler of Gupta Dynasty married a Lichhavi princess, Kumardevi which enabled him to gain a hold over the Ganges river-basin, the main source of North Indian commerce.

With the same purpose, Chandragupta II married the Naga Princess Kubernaga and gave his own daughter, Prabhabati, in marriage to Vakataka king, Rudra Sena II.

Around 321, the Nanda Dynasty ended and Chandragupta became the first king of the great Mauryan Dynasty and Mauryan Empire with the help of Vishnugupta.

In 321 BC, exiled general Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya dynasty after overthrowing the reigning Nanda king Dhana Nanda to establish the Maurya Empire.

The pillar bears an inscription in Sanskrit in Brahmi script dating 4th century AD, which indicates that the pillar was set up as a Vishnudhvaja, standard of god, on the hill known as Vishnupada in memory of a mighty king named Chandra, believed to Chandragupta II.

Using his intelligence network, Chandragupta gathered many young men from across Magadha and other provinces, men upset over the corrupt and oppressive rule of king Dhana, plus resources necessary for his army to fight a long series of battles.

The other Indian kings did not like that Porus is now an ally of Western forces and the relative of Porus also later named as Porus became the king of Pauravas continue fighting with Macedonian forces and then in less than ten years another Indian king Chandragupta Maurya defeated the forces and conquered regions up to Kabul river.