October 10th, 2008 
krishna Chandragupta In Indian history Chandragupta Maurya is considered to be the first ruler who unified small states into a big nation. He founded the Maurya Kingdom that included some parts of the modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and some states of north and middle India. He overthrew the Nanda Dynasty that ruled the Magadha and became the king of the state. Historians have different view but it is said that he was 340BCE and died in 298 BCE after the rule of 24 years. Origin There are different view about his parents and his origin. Some historians say that he was the illegitimate son a the last Nanda ruler and his Sudra maid Maurya from which his name Chandragupta Maurya has been derived. According to the Jains’ history he was the son of the daughter of the chief of a village of peacock tamers. Some historians establish his link with the Kshatriyas of Sakyas race. It is said that Sakyas lived in the Nepali Terai and the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Different historians have given different views about his origin but no one have denied his links with Chanakaya and Alexander the Great. Chanakya’s Disciple According to the Indian historians who have based their theories on Sanskrit literature Chandragupta was the pupil of Chanakaya. It is said that Chanakaya had a grudge towards the Nanda king as the later had humiliated him and he wanted to take the revenge from him. For it he used Chandragupta to overthrow the Nanda dynasty and establish his own kingdom. According to a story Chanakaya saw him playing as a king with his friends and giving justice to another boy playing as criminal. He was very much impressed to see Chandragupta’s command and sense of justice. He took Chandragupta with him to give him education in Takshila (World’s largest and famous university of that time). It was the time of Alexander’s invasion of India and it is believed that Chandragupta had worked as an officer in his army. Revenge Chanakaya was a teacher at Taxila University when Alexander invaded India. The king of the Taxila and Gandhara named Ambhi instead of fighting against the invading Greeks made a treaty with them. Only the King of Punjab, Porus fought against him but was defeated. Chanakaya saw the Greek’s invasion as an invasion on the local culture. He tried his best to unite the [...]
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