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Bindusara

320 BC - 273 BC

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Bindusara (320 BCE – 273 BCE) (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies"). Bindusara was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. His life is not documented as well as the lives of these two emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bindusara is the 3,978th most popular politician (down from 2,428th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from India (down from 87th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Indian Politician.

Bindusara was most famous for his conquests of the Indian subcontinent, which made him the second ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

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Among politicians, Bindusara ranks 3,978 out of 19,576. Before him are William Penn, Demaratus, Robert I, Count of Artois, Vologases VI, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. After him are Bill de Blasio, Alfredo Palacio, Binali Yıldırım, Wilhelm Gustloff, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Mizizios.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Bindusara ranks 1. After him are Timon of Phlius, Lycophron, Asclepiades of Samos, Meleager, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 273 BC, Bindusara ranks 2. Before him is Appius Claudius Caecus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bindusara ranks 158 out of 1,861. Before him are Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Sushruta (-620), Sher Shah Suri (1486), and Kasturba Gandhi (1869). After him are Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Wilfred Bion (1897), Ashok Kumar (1911), Guru Angad (1504), Vikramaditya (-102), and Ravi Shankar (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Bindusara ranks 57. Before him are Rajendra Chola I (1000), Sambhaji (1657), Sanghamitta (-281), Rajaraja I (947), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After him are Vikramaditya (-102), Jayalalithaa (1948), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Nana Sahib (1824), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), and Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895).

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