Giving up the throne to become a Jain monk, this man starved himself to death, leaving his empire to Bindusara.
An important source on the history of this man and his empire is the Indica of Megasthenes, who served as an ambassador to this man for the Seleucid Empire. At the beginning of this man's political career, he conquered the Nanda Empire, but after becoming emperor of the state he founded, it was ravaged by a twelve year famine. Giving up the throne to become a Jain monk, this man starved himself to death, leaving his empire to Bindusara. For 10 points, name this grandfather of Ashoka, the founder of the Mauryan Empire.
An important source on the history of this man and his empire is the Indica of Megasthenes, who served as an ambassador to this man for the Seleucid Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya