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| title = [[Chakravartin|Chakravartin Samraat]]<br>Maharajadhiraja<br>Mahāsammata | | title = [[Chakravartin|Chakravartin Samraat]]<br>Maharajadhiraja<br>Mahāsammata | ||
| image = | | image = Chandragupt maurya Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (31) (cropped).JPG | ||
| image_size = 285 | | image_size = 285 | ||
| alt = | | alt = A modern statue depicting Chandragupta Maurya, [[Laxminarayan Temple]], Delhi | ||
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| succession = 1st [[List of Mauryan rulers|Mauryan Emperor]] | | succession = 1st [[List of Mauryan rulers|Mauryan Emperor]] | ||
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== Names and titles == | == Names and titles == | ||
Greek writer [[Phylarchus]] (c. third century BCE), who is quoted by [[Athenaeus]], calls Chandragupta "Sandrokoptos". The later Greco-Roman writers [[Strabo]], [[Arrian]], and [[Justin (historian)|Justin]] (c. second century) call him "Sandrocottus".{{sfn|Raychaudhuri|1967|p=139}} In [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] accounts, Chandragupta is known as '''Sandrakottos''' ({{lang-el|Σανδράκοττος}}) and '''Androcottus''' ({{lang-el|Ανδροκόττος}}).{{sfn|Thapar|2004|p=177}}<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 41694901|title = The Indika of Megasthenes — an Appraisal|journal = Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute|volume = 72/73|issue = 1/4|pages = 307–329|last1 = Arora|first1 = U. P.|year = 1991}}</ref> | Greek writer [[Phylarchus]] (c. third century BCE), who is quoted by [[Athenaeus]], calls Chandragupta "Sandrokoptos". The later Greco-Roman writers [[Strabo]], [[Arrian]], and [[Justin (historian)|Justin]] (c. second century) call him "Sandrocottus".{{sfn|Raychaudhuri|1967|p=139}} In [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] accounts, Chandragupta is known as '''Sandrakottos''' ({{lang-el|Σανδράκοττος}}) and '''Androcottus''' ({{lang-el|Ανδροκόττος}}).{{sfn|Thapar|2004|p=177}}<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 41694901|title = The Indika of Megasthenes — an Appraisal|journal = Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute|volume = 72/73|issue = 1/4|pages = 307–329|last1 = Arora|first1 = U. P.|year = 1991}}</ref> | ||