According to Plutarch, this man once met Alexander the Great at Taxila, and this ruler assassinated two Greek satraps after defeating the last Nanda king at Pataliputra and conquering Magadha.
According to Plutarch, this man once met Alexander the Great at Taxila, and this ruler assassinated two Greek satraps after defeating the last Nanda king at Pataliputra and conquering Magadha. His conquests extended west as far as modern-day Balochistan, and this man's mentor Chanakya is often called the Indian Machiavelli. A ruler of the same name founded a later empire that controlled much of India in the 4th century CE. His grandson conquered Kalinga and then converted to Buddhism. For 10 points, name this grandfather of Ashoka and founder of the Mauryan Empire.
According to Plutarch, this man once met Alexander the Great at Taxila, and this ruler assassinated two Greek satraps after defeating the last Nanda king at Pataliputra and conquering Magadha.
Chandragupta Maurya [accept Sandrocottus or Androcottus