Chandragupta Maurya

c. 340–c. 297 BCE

Founder of the Maurya Empire of India.

Known as

Emperor

Category

Leaders & Baddies

Born

c. 340 BCE, Pataliputra

Died

c. 297 BCE, Shravanabelagola

Alive at the same time as Chandragupta Maurya

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• Ptolemy I Soter 367–282 BCE, pharaoh
• Seleucus I Nicator c. 358–281 BCE, king
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• Pytheas c. 350–c. 285 BCE, explorer
• Epicurus 341–270 BCE, philosopher
• Qu Yuan c. 340–278 BCE, poet
• Pyrrhus of Epirus c. 319–272 BCE, king
• Ashoka c. 304–232 BCE, emperor

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