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Maurya
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Maurya (mou`əryə), ancient Indian dynasty, c.325–c.183 B.C., founded by Chandragupta Chandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya) (chändrəgp`tə), fl. c.321 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information.  (Chandragupta Maurya). He conquered the Magadha kingdom and established his capital at Pataliputra (now Patna). His son, Bindusara (d. c.273), and his grandson, Asoka Asoka (əsō`kə), d. c.232 B.C., Indian emperor (c.273–c.232 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty; grandson of Chandragupta .
..... Click the link for more information. , the most notable ruler of ancient India, for the first time in history brought nearly all India, together with Afghanistan, under one rule. The culture of the Mauryan empire represents the first great flowering of Indian civilization, not to be equaled until the coming of the Gupta dynasty.
Maurya
mother loses six sons in the sea. [Br. Lit.: Riders to the Sea]
See : Despair


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The episode propelled Chankaya to conceive the "rice bowl" stratagem of weakening the enemy's outlying forces before taking the centre, climaxing in the great Mauryan Empire of his protege Chandragupta.
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