⚔ Conquest / annexation
Chandragupta takes the northwest from Alexander's satraps
c. 317 BCE – present · 📍 Punjab
What it led to: Greek garrisons east of the Indus were removed.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 327 BCE ⚔ Alexander crosses the Hindu Kush into Gandhara
- 326 BCE ⚔ Battle of the Hydaspes
- 326 BCE Alexander's army mutinies at the Beas
- 325 BCE Alexander's army sails down the Indus
- c. 321 BCE Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas · Mauryan Empire
Alive at the time
Chanakya (Kautilya)
active c. 320 BCE
Author of the Arthashastra and adviser to Chandragupta Maurya
Megasthenesactive c. 300 BCE
Greek envoy to Pataliputra who wrote the Indica
Porusactive c. 326 BCE
King who fought Alexander at the Hydaspes
Seleucus I Nicatorc. 358–281 BCE
Hellenistic king who ceded the northwest to Chandragupta Maurya
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Mauryan EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 1
- Anuradhapura Kingdom 437 BCE – 1017Existed at the same time (136 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Chandragupta Maurya 321–297 BCERuled it
- Bindusara 297–273 BCERuled it
- Ashoka 268–232 BCERuled it
- Dasharatha 232–224 BCERuled it
- Samprati 224–215 BCERuled it
- Brihadratha 187–185 BCERuled it
👤 People 2
- Chanakya (Kautilya) active c. 320 BCELived under it
- Megasthenes active c. 300 BCELived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nandas c. 321 BCEHappened in it
- Kalinga War c. 261 BCEHappened in it
- Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts inscribed c. 257 BCEHappened in it
- Chandragupta takes the northwest from Alexander's satraps c. 317 BCEHappened in it
- Seleucid-Mauryan treaty c. 303 BCEHappened in it
- Megasthenes at Pataliputra writes the Indica c. 302 BCEHappened in it
📍 Places & sites 5
- Dhauli Rock Edicts c. 260 BCEA place of this polity
- Girnar Rock Edicts c. 257 BCEA place of this polity
- Kalsi Rock Edict c. 257 BCEA place of this polity
- Sanchi Stupa c. 250 BCEA place of this polity
- Sarnath c. 250 BCEA place of this polity
🔧 Technology 2
- Brahmi: Ashoka's inscriptions 3rd century BCEMade or discovered in this time
- Wootz steel Ancient and medieval periodsMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Aśoka and Buddhism Romila Thapar · 1960Research on this topic
- The Basis of Ancient Indian History (I) D. D. Kosambi · 1955Research on this topic
- The Image of the Barbarian in Early India Romila Thapar · 1971Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- India's Ancient Past R. S. SharmaRecommended reading
- A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India Upinder SinghRecommended reading