The Mauryan Empire was founded around 321 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, a bold and ambitious leader who, guided by the brilliant strategist Chanakya (also known as Kautilya), seized the throne of ...

Making of an empire As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...