chandragupta maurya(348BCE-298BCE)

Hi amigos,                                                                                                                                                                               chandragupta was the ancient nd  greatest king of india. He was the  founder of maurya empire. He was the father of bindusara nd grandfather of ashoka. chandragupta's life was included wit adventures. chandragupta was an illgetimate child of nandha prince nd a maid mura .                              After birth of of chandragupta his mother moved to a Gorakhpur Uttar pradesh . As his mother was a Jain he was send to a JAINS school. chandragupta was a loyal nd truthful person from childhood.                                                                                                                                                                         From the source i read chandraguptha was nearly 13yrs or 14yrs old when his mother passed away telling him abt  identity of his father. poor chandragupta aft cremating his mother  sat crying in the graveyard when a sight caught his eye, he saw a man who looked like a priest nd scholar passing by the grave yard. when a small spine stuck to his leg he removed the spine burned it mixed it in water and drunk it. when chandragupta asked the man he told the his name was chanikya  nd  he was a priest   he did tht because when the spine stuck to his leg its was his enemy if removed nd threw the spine somewere sorrounding it will b fellow human being's enemy so he wanted to end complete gain of his enemy thtswhy he burned nd drank it.                                                                                                                                                                  well the mighty chanikya saw the undefeatable spirit in chandragupta nd asked his story.  Aft lessoning chandraguptha's story chanikya felt tht chandragupta was the key to end creul nanda empire. yes ,  fare words to describe chanikya are he was a critic at tht time . He was brave nd bold . He used to analyse  each nd every king in those days. If you really wanna knw  read RAJADARMA written by him. From then chanikya played an important role in creating chandragupta maurya the gr8.                                                                                                                                     when chandragupta was just 16 or 18yrs old he defeated nanda kings nd started MAURYA empire. The victory of chandra gupta  spread like a rapid fire shacking whole India. He established rule throught out southAsia when he was only 19yrs. He defeated SELECUS NICATOR  when he was only 20. At tht time ALEXANDER was in invasion in India. Alexander defeated king Porus or purushothama  nd heard abt young chandragupta  nd invaded his regein .                  Courageous chandragupta defeated Alexander nd even tried to kill him but chanikya signed nt to kill Alexander when chandraguptha asked chanikya abt it he told him if he killed alexander may they say tht this was chandragupta who killed gr8 alexander bt if he leave him thy may Say this was chandragupta who showed his kindness even wit enemies. Aft his defeat alexander advised selecus to marry his daughter Helen wit chandraguptha when selecus asked alexander's intensions  he told tht may alexander's son  may not be Alexander bt chandragupta'sson wil b chandragupta nd tht was proved true.                                                                                                                           Talking abt chandragupta may take 1000pages my intension to write this passage was nt forget chandragupta. IF u ask me he was gr8 warrior of altime nd he wil be. chandragupta  died at shravanabalgola at age 42 .THERE r mny stories abt chandragupta which i wil share in part 2.