For 10 points—  name this Mauryan founder.
He defeated Bhadalasa to end the Nanda Dynasty, and a legend about this man says that he was born  virtually a slave, who was forced to go with a buyer to Taxila, where he met (*) Alexander the Great and got licked by a lion in his sleep. He ioncorporated Magadha and Punjab into his new kingdom and fought off a Seleucid invasion, while consulting the Artathastra before fasting to death. For 10 points—  name this Mauryan founder.
He defeated Bhadalasa to end the Nanda Dynasty, and a legend about this man says that he was born  virtually a slave, who was forced to go with a buyer to Taxila, where he met (*) Alexander the Great and got licked by a lion in his sleep.
Chandragupta Maurya