Bindusara
?–273 BCE · Pataliputra (Patna)
Bindusara (reigned c. 297-273 BCE) was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty, son of its founder Chandragupta and father of Ashoka. He maintained and consolidated the vast empire he inherited, which stretched across most of the subcontinent. Greek sources record diplomatic contact between his court and the Hellenistic kingdoms to the west, including exchanges of envoys. Though less documented than his father or his son, he preserved Mauryan power during a formative period and secured the succession that passed to Ashoka.
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- Demetrius I Poliorcetes· 337 BCE–283 BCE
- Seleucus I Nicator· 358 BCE–281 BCE
- Lysimachus· 360 BCE–281 BCE
- Pyrrhus of Epirus· 319 BCE–272 BCE
- Chandragupta Maurya· –297 BCE
- Alexander the Great· 356 BCE–323 BCE
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus· 382 BCE–301 BCE
- Ashoka the Great· 304 BCE–232 BCE
- Philip II of Macedon· 382 BCE–336 BCE
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