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Chandragupt Maurya's influence can be inferred from the fact that he is mentioned in many stories, plays, Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and even Greek and Latin. These works also include the Indica of Megasthenes, but there is no reference to any work in which an authentic description of the rule of the emperor, who ruled the Maurya dynasty, can be found. Even his grandson Ashok has not mentioned his grandfather at all in his inscriptions. Historians have no opinion on Chandragupt Maurya. The descendants of the Kshatriyas who ruled the Maurya people in the Piplivan have been mentioned in the Deeknikai and Divyavadhan, such as the Bauddha Shrotas. On the other hand, many scholars believe that the root of the word Maurya is in Mayur, which is why it is believed that he was a resident of this area where there were many peacocks, or there was a lot of importance of peacocks in his life. Some people believe that he raised peacocks, while some believe that he hunted peacocks, but it is difficult to say for sure. Vishakha Dutt has used the word Vrishla for Chandragupt in his famous play Mudra Rakshas. Some people say that it means the son of Shudra, but Rudra Kumud Mukherjee writes in his book Chandragupt Maurya and His Times. Vrishla is an idealistic word, which means the best king. In many ancient texts, Chandragupt is affectionately referred to as Vrishla. Chandragupt has many opinions about the birth of Maurya, but there is no doubt that he ruled in the 4th century BC for about 21 years. He first established himself in Punjab and then went to the east and ruled Magadh. Chanakya helped Chandragupt the most in this whole campaign. It is an interesting story to meet Chandragupt's Chanakya. In many ancient texts, it is described that Chanakya, who was suffering from the misbehavior of King Dhananand of Magadh, was roaming in rural areas. At that time, 11-12 years old Chandragupt had set up a court playing the role of a king in the play of children. Devika Rangachari writes in her book The Mauryas Chandragupt to Ashoka. Meanwhile, Sikandar started his campaign in India. To take advantage of the opportunity, expert Chanakya sent Chandragupt to meet Sikandar. Greek historian Plutarch writes, However, this meeting was not successful. Chandragupt said something to Sikandar that he did not like. Another Greek historian Justin writes, After this, Chandragupt gathered some people and started building his army. According to him, Nand's soldiers fought bravely with Chandragupt under the leadership of Bhadrasala. In this battle, all the brothers of the Nand dynasty were killed except Dhananand. In this whole campaign, Chanakya stayed with him like a shadow. Devika Rangachari wrote, Chanakya's image can be clearly seen on this whole story. In many places, Chandragupt appears to be a face-to-face spectator. who walk with Chanakya and become the king of Magadh while following his plan. But we should remember that it was not an easy task that you trust an unknown person so much that you leave your entire future on him. But when Chandragupt was doing all this, he was very young. The question arises that what was the enmity between Chanakya and Dhananand that he took the support of Chandragupt Maurya to remove him from the throne. One description is that once when Chanakya Pataliputra was eating in Dhananand's court, Dhananand entered the court and his first sight fell on Chanakya. Deepa Agrawal writes in her book, Chanakya the Master of State Craft, Despite seeing the king, Chanakya continued to eat. Dambhiraja felt very bad about this and he ordered Chanakya to stop his meal and leave the court immediately. When Chanakya did not listen to him, the king's anger reached the seventh heaven. After this, Chanakya got up in anger and said that he would not tie the knot of his hair until he did not destroy the roots of the Nand dynasty. After this, he started looking for a person who could help him fulfill his vow. After Dhananand's defeat, he had to leave the throne and Chanakya started tying his hair again. Devika Rangachari writes, Chanakya proposed to marry Durdara, the youngest daughter of Chandragupt, the unmarried king. It seems strange that a girl whose father has been removed from the throne, how can she think of marrying such a person? But this proposal had a political meaning. In the past, two opposing kings have been united through marriage to try to remove their hostility. By 320 BC, Chandragupt had defeated all his Indian rivals and had taken control of the Ganga plain area. In those days, the number of Pataliputra, the capital of Magadh, was one of the largest cities in the world. Dieter Schilling-Lauf writes in his book Fortified Cities of India, The total area of Pataliputra was 33.8 km. The area of Alexandria, the city of Egypt, was half of it, while the area of Rome was only 13.72 square kilometers. The city of Pataliputra was 11 times larger than Athens. There were 64 doors and 570 towers in the whole city. At that time, there were about 500,000 people living in Pataliputra. When Alexander's successor Seleucus took a step towards the east to regain his kingdom, this attempt failed. In 305 BC, he faced Chandragupt Maurya, in which he lost. Historian William Dalrymple writes in his book The Golden Road, Chandragupt took this land by giving 500 of his 9,000 elephants to Seleucus. Seleucus had given his eastern region to Chandragupt. The bond between the two sides became stronger when Chandragupt married his son to Seleucus's daughter. Patrick Olivelle writes in his book Society in India, 300 BC to 400 BC, It is possible that Chandragupt himself married a Greek woman, because at that time there was a trend to do this to make peace. It is not impossible that the blood of Chandragupt's successors is running in Greek blood. Seleucus had sent his representative, Magistines, to Chandragupt Maurya's court. He has described India at that time in his book Indica. Unfortunately, the description given by Magistines is no longer available. But using it, many Greek and Latin writers have drawn the picture of India at that time. Magistines This description tells us that the administration of the Mauryan Empire had progressed a lot and it had full control over the economic activities of the state. The king was the head of the administration. There were 18 deputies to help him, who kept an eye on the administration. Magistines wrote while praising Chandragupt's judicial system that he himself gave justice to the people in the open court. A. L. Basham writes in his book The Wonder That Was India in reference to Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable. But his life was not very happy because he was always afraid of his own death. A. L. Basham writes in his book The Wonder That Was India in reference to Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable. A. L. Basham writes in his book The Wonder That Was India in reference to Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable. A. L. Basham writes in his book Ancient India as described by Magistines and Aryan. He used to sleep in his bedroom in the night, so that no plan to kill him could be failed. He used to hear the cries of the people while getting a massage. He was fond of watching the fight between elephants, bulls and donkeys. He never missed a chance to watch the bulls running. A. L. Basham writes in his book Ancient India as described by Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable. A. L. Basham writes in his book Ancient India as described by Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable. A. L. Basham writes in his book Ancient India as described by Magistines, Chandragupt used to live in a grand and magnificent palace in Pataliputra, whose beauty and grandeur were unbelievable.