Chandragupta Maurya, India's first emperor, overthrew the Nanda dynasty. He unified the subcontinent and established the ...

Making of an empire As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, after expanding the empire through conquests, had converted to Buddhism and issued his famous edicts on peace and tolerance.

Set in the Maurya dynasty nerve centre of ancient Ujjain in central India, Shudraka’s only known play is curiously about a people’s revolution to dethrone a king.

In his 1858 book The Indian Empire, British civil servant Robert Montgomery Martin wrote that it was 'difficult to convey an adequate idea of the grandeur and beauty' of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

Chanakya, who is also referred to as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, stands as one of the most esteemed individuals in Indian history. A skilled strategist, ...

Exploring the intriguing dynamics of marriage and live-in relationships in ancient India reveals a fascinating tapestry of cultural practices and societal norms. This journey into the past uncovers ...

The Pataliputra capital has clearly Greek architectural elements like rosettes and antefixes. Discovered at the Bulandi Bagh site of Pataliputra, 4th-3rd c. BC. Bihar Museum, Patna. Credit: Photograph ...

Or Emperor Chandragupta Maurya (350 to 295 BC)? Researchers say the poetic writing style and form of Sanskrit text used in the inscription are most likely from the reign of the Gupta king.

1600-year-old mystery discovered in ancient ruins It stands pristine amid the ruins of an ancient temple lost to time, and it turns out that this pillar has been holding a closely guarded secret.

When the empire attempted to expand into India, it faced conflicts with Chandragupta, the ruler of the Maurya Empire, that led to the cession of vast territory west of the Indus River. Although ...