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Maurya with his counsellor [[Chanakya]] together built one of the largest empires ever on the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=britchandrag>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310115220/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta |date=10 March 2018 }}, Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>{{sfn|Kulke|Rothermund|2004|p=59-65}}{{sfn|Boesche|2003|p=7-18}} Chandragupta's empire extended from [[Bengal]] to central [[Afghanistan]] encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent except for parts that are now [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Odisha]](Kalinga).{{sfn|Mookerji|1988|pp=1-4}}{{sfn|Kulke|Rothermund|2004|p=59-65}} | Maurya with his counsellor [[Chanakya]] together built one of the largest empires ever on the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=britchandrag>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310115220/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta |date=10 March 2018 }}, Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>{{sfn|Kulke|Rothermund|2004|p=59-65}}{{sfn|Boesche|2003|p=7-18}} Chandragupta's empire extended from [[Bengal]] to central [[Afghanistan]] encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent except for parts that are now [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Odisha]](Kalinga).{{sfn|Mookerji|1988|pp=1-4}}{{sfn|Kulke|Rothermund|2004|p=59-65}} | ||
Territories which are even now outside the Government of India were parts of the Indian empire under Chandragupta. They were the four satrapies of Aria, Arochosia, Gedrosia, and the Paropanisadai, which Chandragupta wrested in about 304 B.C from the Empire of Selucus as the penalty for his ill-advised aggression and war against him in Treaty Of Indus.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Radhakumud+Mookerji%22&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=cottus&f=false|title=Asoka|last=Mookerji|first=Radhakumud|date=1962|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=978-81-208-0582-8|language=en}}</ref> | Territories which are even now outside the Government of India were parts of the Indian empire under Chandragupta. They were the four satrapies of Aria, Arochosia, Gedrosia, and the Paropanisadai, which Chandragupta wrested in about 304 B.C from the Empire of Selucus as the penalty for his ill-advised aggression and war against him in Treaty Of Indus.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Radhakumud+Mookerji%22&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=cottus&f=false|title=Asoka|last=Mookerji|first=Radhakumud|date=1962|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=978-81-208-0582-8|language=en}}</ref> | ||
The conquest of the south by Chandragupta Maurya may also perhaps be inferred from the following statement of Plutarch. "The throne" in the context is the Magadhan throne, the occupation of which by Chandragupta is thus followed by two other events, viz., the defeat of Selucus, and the conquest of the remaining part of India not included in the Magadhan empire of the Nandas: | |||
<blockquote>"Not long afterwards Androkottos, who had by that time mounted the throne, presented Selukos with 500 elephants, and overran and subdued the whole of India with an army of 600,000." | |||
-Chapter LXII ,Life of Alexander, Plutarch[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TXtEAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | |||
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The Mudra-Rakshasa play mentions the prince of Kashmir among the subordinate allies of Malayaketu, who subsequently became a vassal of Chandragupta.The empire extended upto the borders of Persia in the north-west as gathered from the terms of the treaty with Suleukus Nikator. It included the whole of the Indo-Gangetic valley extending, in the west upto Kathiawar as is evident from the inscription of Rudradaman, and in the east, upto Bengal which must have passed to Chandragupta from Nanda, who ruled over Gangaradai (Ganges delta) as well as Prassiai (Prachi). | The Mudra-Rakshasa play mentions the prince of Kashmir among the subordinate allies of Malayaketu, who subsequently became a vassal of Chandragupta.The empire extended upto the borders of Persia in the north-west as gathered from the terms of the treaty with Suleukus Nikator. It included the whole of the Indo-Gangetic valley extending, in the west upto Kathiawar as is evident from the inscription of Rudradaman, and in the east, upto Bengal which must have passed to Chandragupta from Nanda, who ruled over Gangaradai (Ganges delta) as well as Prassiai (Prachi). | ||
Chandragupta probably exercised some control in the Deccan also, as appears from certain Mysore inscriptions as well as other evidences.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/chandraguptamaur035072mbp|title=Chandragupta Maurya|last=Purushottam Lal Bhargava|publisher=The Upper India Publishing House Ltd Lucknow|others=BRAOU, Digital Library Of India}}</ref> | Chandragupta probably exercised some control in the Deccan also, as appears from certain Mysore inscriptions as well as other evidences.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/chandraguptamaur035072mbp|title=Chandragupta Maurya|last=Purushottam Lal Bhargava|publisher=The Upper India Publishing House Ltd Lucknow|others=BRAOU, Digital Library Of India}}</ref> | ||