An advisor to this ruler imagined interstate relations by representing territory in the center of a circular mandala.
An advisor to this ruler imagined interstate relations by representing territory in the center of a circular mandala. That advisor to this ruler wrote the Arthashastra and was named Chanakya. This ruler possibly influenced the outcome of the 301 BCE Battle of Ipsus, thanks to a peace offering he made to his father-in-law. An important source in the history of this ruler is the Indica of Megasthenes, who served as an ambassador of the (*) Seleucid Empire in this man's court. This man conquered the Nanda Empire, which made him the ruler of most of the Indian subcontinent. This man starved himself to death in a Jain ritual, leaving his empire for Bindusara and his grandson Ashoka. For 10 points, name this founder of the Mauryan Dynasty.
An advisor to this ruler imagined interstate relations by representing territory in the center of a circular mandala.
Chandragupta Maurya [or Sandrocottus] 