Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of the ______ at Magadha with the aid of Kautilya and founded a glorious Mauryan empire in 322 BC.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Nandas.

Key Points

Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the power of the Nandas at Magadha with the aid of Kautilya and founded a glorious Mauryan empire in 322 BC.e
The Maurya Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and rapidly expanded his power westward across central and western India in order to take advantage of the disruptions of local powers in the wake of the withdrawal by Alexander the Great’s armies.
According to legend, Chanakya, insulted by Nanda ruler Dhana Nanda, guided Chandragupta Maurya to overthrow him, ending the Nanda dynasty and establishing the Maurya Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya expanded the Maurya Empire north and west as he conquered the Macedonian Satrapies and won the Seleucid-Mauryan war.
In its time, the Maurya Empire was one of the largest empires in the world.

Additional Information

Maurya Empire

The Mauryan Empire, which formed around 321 B.C.E, and ended in 185 B.C.E, was the first pan-Indian empire, an empire that covered most of the Indian region.
It spanned across central and northern India as well as over parts of modern-day Iran.
Bindusara, Chandragupta’s son, assumed the throne around 300 B.C.E.
He kept the empire running smoothly while maintaining its lands.
Bindusara’s son, Ashoka, was the third leader of the Mauryan Empire. A
Ashoka left his mark on history by erecting large stone pillars inscribed with edicts that he issued.
After leading a bloody campaign against Kalinga (a region on the central-eastern coast of India), Ashoka reevaluated his commitment to expanding the empire and instead turned to Buddhism and its tenet of nonviolence.
After Ashoka’s death, his family continued to reign, but the empire began to break apart.
The last of the Mauryas, Brihadratha, was assassinated by his commander in chief—a man named Pushyamrita who went on to found the Shunga Dynasty—in 185 B.C.E.