Mauryan Empire Power Point Presentation

THE MAURYAN EMPIRE THE MAURYAN EMPIREThe 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, the teacher Chanakya convinced his disciple, Chandragupta Maurya, to conquer the kingdom of Magadha (the Nanda Empire ) when he was insulted by its king Dhana Nanda.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 of the world.style.visibilityppt_xppt_yppt_xppt_ystyle.visibilityppt_xppt_yppt_xppt_ystyle.visibilityppt_xppt_yppt_xppt_y CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYAChandragupta, also called Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan dynasty and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. He is credited with saving the country from maladministration and freeing it from foreign domination Chandragupta was born into a family left destitute by the death of his father, chief of the migrant Mauryas, in a border fray. His maternal uncles left him with a cowherd who brought him up as his own son. Later he was