Chandragupta Maurya (b. n.d.; d. c. 297 BCE) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and ruled from c. 321 BCE–297 BCE, after overthrowing the Nanda empire. Somewhat later sources associate him with a Brahmin advisor, Chanakya. Legends dating to the medieval period narrate that he became a Digambara Jain monk at Shravana Belagola, Karnataka, after abdicating his throne to his son Bindusara.
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