Ruler · 340 – 297 BCE

Chandragupta Maurya

Lived 340 – 297 BCE. Mauryan Emperor of Maurya Empire, 321 BCE – 297 BCE.

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Lived: 340 BCE – 297 BCE; 43 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Maurya Empire
Left it: died by suicide; Wikidata's manner of death

Mauryan Emperor

Maurya Empire · the 1st of 9 dated reigns · 321 BCE – 180 BCE

Chandragupta Maurya321 BCE – 297 BCE

Bindusara297 BCE – 273 BCE

Ashoka268 BCE – 232 BCE

Dasharatha Maurya232 BCE – 224 BCE

5 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 321 BCE – 297 BCE · 24 years · came to it aged 19

Left it: died by suicideWikidata's manner of death: suicide

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