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| conflict = Siege of Pataliputra | | conflict = Siege of Pataliputra | ||
| place = [[Pataliputra]], [[Nanda Empire]] | | place = [[Pataliputra]], [[Nanda Empire]] | ||
| result = Mauryan Victory {{sfn|Mittal|2006}} | | result = Mauryan Victory{{sfn|Mittal|2006}} | ||
| combatant1 = [[Nanda Empire]] | | combatant1 = [[Nanda Empire]] | ||
| combatant2 = [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan Polity]] | | combatant2 = [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan Polity]] | ||
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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 | 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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Dhana Nanda †[2] Amatya Rakshas  |
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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
Reference
- ↑ Mittal 2006.
- ↑ Prasad 1999.
- ↑ https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=nation&dir=au
- ↑ Mittal, J.P (2006). History of Ancient India (A New Version). Atlantic. p. 623. ISBN 9788126906161.
- ↑ Chatterjee, Suhas (1998). Indian Civillization and Culture. M. D. Publications. p. 136. ISBN 9788175330832.
- ↑ Prasad, Rajendra (1999). Politico-geographical Analysis of the Arthashastra. Inter-India Publications. p. 57. ISBN 9788121002240.