This ruler probably had the governors Nicanor and Philip assassinated, and toppled the empire of Dhana Nanda.
Junianus Justinus attributed a combination of this ruler's "superior power of the mind" and "the speed of his own feet" as the reason for his early successes. This ruler probably had the governors Nicanor and Philip assassinated, and toppled the empire of Dhana Nanda. Sometimes known as Sandrocottus, he received the ambassador Megasthenes in his court, and sent a war gift that would later be decisive at the Battle of Ipsus. After becoming a follower of Bhadrababu, he was said to have died fasting in a Jainist ritual, and his prime minister wrote the tract Arthashastra. This man conquered Seleucus's eastern satrapies and was succeeded by his son Bindusara. For 10 points, name this grandfather of Asoka and founder of the Mauryan Empire.
Junianus Justinus attributed a combination of this ruler's "superior power of the mind" and "the speed of his own feet" as the reason for his early successes.
Chandragupta Maurya [or Sandrocottus before mention]