Bindusara

Bindusara
Bindusara
	A silver coin of 1 karshapana of the Maurya empire, period of Bindusara Maurya about 297–273 BC, workshop of Pataliputra. Obv: Symbols with a Sun Rev: Symbol Dimensions: 14 x 11 mm Weight: 3.4 g.
2nd Mauryan Emperor
Reign	c. 297 – c. 273 BCE
Coronation	c. 297 BCE
Predecessor	Chandragupta Maurya
Successor	Ashoka
Born	320 BCE
Died	c. 273 BCE (aged c. 46 – 47)
Spouse	Charumitra; Dayana; Subhadrangi; Nur Khorasan; Subrasi; Vimala;
Issue	Susima by Charumitra; Ashoka, Anandi and Vitashoka by Subhadrangi; Dhrupad by Subrasi; Padmak by Dayana; Lakshman by Vimala;
Dynasty	Maurya
Father	Chandragupta Maurya
Mother	Durdhara
Religion	Brahmanism

Bindusara (320 BCE – 273 BCE) (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies").

Bindusara was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. His life is not documented as well as the lives of these two emperors. Much of the information about him comes from legendary accounts written several hundred years after his death. Bindusara consolidated the empire created by his father.

The 16th century Tibetan Buddhist author Taranatha credits his administration with extensive territorial conquests in southern India, but some historians doubt the historical authenticity of this claim.

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^ Beni Madhab Barua (1968). Asoka and His Inscriptions. Vol. 1. The New Age. p. 171.

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[2] Beni Madhab Barua (1968). Asoka and His Inscriptions. Vol. 1. The New Age. p. 171.

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