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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Siege of Pataliputra
| place            = [[Pataliputra]], [[Nanda Empire]]
| result            = Mauryan Victory {{sfn|Mittal|2006}}
| combatant1        = [[Nanda Empire]]
| combatant2        = [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan Polity]]
| commander1        = [[Dhana Nanda]]{{KIA}}{{sfn|Prasad|1999}}<br>[[Amatya Rakshas]]{{Surrendered}}
| commander2        = [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<br>[[Chanakya]]
| date              = 322 BCE
| territory        = Capture of Pataliputra by the Mauryans
}}


Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya stationed garrisons in ''rashtras'' (nations)<ref>https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=nation&dir=au</ref> and [[Janapada|''janapadas'']].  In 322 BC, they march to Magadha, besieged the capital [[Pataliputra]] and captured it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mittal |first=J.P |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrh4tY3v2A4C&q=besieged+patliputra |title=History of Ancient India (A New Version) |date=2006 |publisher=Atlantic |isbn=9788126906161 |pages=623 |language=English}}</ref> They forced the Nandas to surrender.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Suhas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KItocaxbibUC&q=besieged+patliputra |title=Indian Civillization and Culture |date=1998 |publisher=M. D. Publications |isbn=9788175330832 |pages=136 |language=English}}</ref> Dhana Nanda, the last Nanda emperor was killed in action during the siege.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Rajendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNIlAAAAMAAJ |title=Politico-geographical Analysis of the Arthashastra |date=1999 |publisher=Inter-India Publications |isbn=9788121002240 |pages=57 |language=English}}</ref> The war brought an end to the Nanda dynasty and established the [[Maurya Empire]] with [[Chandragupta Maurya]] as its emperor

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Siege of Pataliputra
Date322 BCE
Location
Result Mauryan Victory [1]
Territorial
changes
Capture of Pataliputra by the Mauryans
Belligerents
Nanda Empire Mauryan Polity
Commanders and leaders
Dhana Nanda [2]
Amatya Rakshas Surrendered
Chandragupta Maurya
Chanakya

Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya stationed garrisons in rashtras (nations)[3] and janapadas. In 322 BC, they march to Magadha, besieged the capital Pataliputra and captured it.[4] They forced the Nandas to surrender.[5] Dhana Nanda, the last Nanda emperor was killed in action during the siege.[6] The war brought an end to the Nanda dynasty and established the Maurya Empire with Chandragupta Maurya as its emperor

  1. Mittal 2006.
  2. Prasad 1999.
  3. https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=nation&dir=au
  4. Mittal, J.P (2006). History of Ancient India (A New Version). Atlantic. p. 623. ISBN 9788126906161.
  5. Chatterjee, Suhas (1998). Indian Civillization and Culture. M. D. Publications. p. 136. ISBN 9788175330832.
  6. Prasad, Rajendra (1999). Politico-geographical Analysis of the Arthashastra. Inter-India Publications. p. 57. ISBN 9788121002240.