Nanda–Mauryan war: Difference between revisions

| combatant1        = [[Nanda Empire]]

| combatant2        = [[Mauryan Empire|Mauryan Polity]]

| commander2        = [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<br>[[Chanakya]]

| date              = 322 BCE

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

==Aftermath==

[[Maurya Empire]] consisted of at least 3 provinces at the end of Chandragupta's conquests: [[Avantirastra]] (capital: [[Ujjayini]]), [[Uttarapatha]] (capital: [[Taksasila]]), and [[Gangaridai|Purvapatha]] (capital: [[Pataliputra]]).<ref name="Battacharyya1997"/> Chanakya later became Chandragupta's [[Amatya|prime minister]].<ref name="Roy2015"/>

[[Category:4th century BC in India]]

[[Category:Chandragupta Maurya]]