One leader of this empire had a prime minister who would put a little poison in his food to build this ruler's immunity, only for the queen to once instead eat the meal necessitating a quick C-section with a sword. One of thi
One leader of this empire had a prime minister who would put a little poison in his food to build this ruler's immunity, only for the queen to once instead eat the meal necessitating a quick C-section with a sword. One of this empire's rulers put down two revolts at Taxila and allegedly had more than 100 sons.  One work on this empire is attributed to Kautilya, the chief minister of this empire's first ruler, and was called the Arthashastra. Its first leader had sold elephants to the defeated invading forces of Seluceus I Nicator and had begun his rule as the emperor of Magadha and had destroyed the Nanda dynasty. Another of this empire's rulers set up rocks and pillars engraved with his edicts after the siege of Kalinga, when he converted to Buddhism. For 10 points name this Indian empire whose rulers included Chandragupta and Ashoka.
One leader of this empire had a prime minister who would put a little poison in his food to build this ruler's immunity, only for the queen to once instead eat the meal necessitating a quick C-section with a sword.
Mauryan Empire/Dynasty 