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Chandragupta Maurya

340 BC - 297 BC

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Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: [t̪͡ɕɐn̪d̪ɾɐgupt̪ɐ mɐʊɾjɐ]) (reigned c. 320 BCE – c. 298 BCE) was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian subcontinent. His rise to power began in the period of unrest and local warfare that arose after Alexander the Great's Indian campaign and early death in 323 BCE, although the exact chronology and sequence of events remains subject to debate among historians. He started a war against the unpopular Nanda dynasty in Magadha on the Ganges Valley, defeated them and established his own dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chandragupta Maurya is the 924th most popular politician (down from 589th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from India (down from 21st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Politician.

Chandragupta Maurya was most famous for his military conquests and establishing the Mauryan Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chandragupta Maurya ranks 924 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian VII of Denmark, Margaret Theresa of Spain, James Buchanan, Julius Nepos, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, and Leonid Kravchuk. After him are Sigurd the Crusader, Jeroboam, Jorge Rafael Videla, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Cleopatra III of Egypt, and İsmet İnönü.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340 BC, Chandragupta Maurya ranks 1. After him are Berenice I of Egypt, Appius Claudius Caecus, Theodorus the Atheist, Philetaerus, King Wuling of Zhao, Menedemus, Duris of Samos, Philochorus, and Polyaenus of Lampsacus. Among people deceased in 297 BC, Chandragupta Maurya ranks 1. After him is Cassander.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandragupta Maurya ranks 40 out of 1,861. Before him are Padmasambhava (717), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Zakir Husain (1897), Amir Khusrow (1253), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952). After him are Valmiki (-80), Buddhaghosa (401), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Adi Shankara (788), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), and Aryabhata (476).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Chandragupta Maurya ranks 17. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Razia Sultana (1205), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Zakir Husain (1897), and Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910). After him are Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Hyder Ali (1720), Sariputta (-568), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Ajatashatru (-500), and Alauddin Khalji (1266).

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