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Bindusara

Bindusara (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies").

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Born
4th century BCE Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Coronation
c. 297 BCE
Died
c. 273 BCE (aged c. 46 – 47) Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)
Dynasty
Maurya
Father
Chandragupta Maurya
Issue
Susima Ashoka Vitashoka

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Bindusara

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related to Names · 31
Bindusara → Allitrochades, Amitra-ghāta, Amitrakhāda, Amitrochates, Athenaeus, Bhadrasara, Bhagavata Purana, Bindusaro, Buddhist, Chandragupta's, Dipavamsa, Fleet, For, Greek, Hindu, Indra, Jain, Mahavamsa, Nandasara, Other Puranas
related to background · 30
Bindusara → Amitrochates, Ancient, Ashoka, Ashoka's, Ashokavadana, Bindusara's, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chandragupta, Devachandra, Dipavamsa, Divyavadana, Hemachandra, Hemachandra's Parishishta-Parvan, Jain, Mahavamsa, Mahvamsa Tika, Mauryan, Most, Much
related to Family · 28
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related to Foreign relations · 26
Bindusara → According, Antiochus, Athenaeus, Bindusara's, Deimachos, Deipnosophistae, Diodorus, Dionysius, Greek, Greeks, Hegesander's, Iambulus, India, Mauryan, On Piety, Palibothra, Pataliputra, Peri Eusebeias, Philadelphus, Plateia
related to Parents · 22
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related to Advisors · 20
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related to Religion · 20
Bindusara → Ajivika, Ashoka, BCE Temple, Bindusara's, Brahmana, Brahmanas, Brahmanism, Buddhist, Divyavadana, Jain, Janasana, Mahavamsa, Majjhima Nikaya, Pingalavatsa, Samantapasadika, Sanchi, Some Buddhist, The Buddhist, The Pamsupradanavadana, The Vamsatthappakasini
related to Territorial conquests · 20
Bindusara → According, Arabian Sea, Ashoka's, Based, Bay, Bengal, Besides, Bindusara's, Chanakya, Chandragupta, Chandragupta's, Deccan, India, Mauryan, Sailendra Nath Sen, Saurashtra, Sen, Taranatha, The, Tibetan Buddhist
related to Takshashila revolt · 15
Bindusara → Ashoka, Ashoka's, Ashokavadana, Bindusara's, Emperor, Shortly, Sushima, Takshashila, The, The Emperor, The Mahavamsa, They, This, Ujjayini, When
related to Death and succession · 11
Bindusara → According, Alain Daniélou, Ashoka, BCE, Historical, Mahavamsa, Manjushri-Mula-Kalpa, Puranas, Sailendra Nath Sen, The Buddhist, Upinder Singh

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BindusaraBorn4th century BCE Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)1.00infobox
BindusaraCoronationc. 297 BCE1.00infobox
BindusaraDiedc. 273 BCE (aged c. 46 – 47) Pataliputra, Maurya Empire (Present day Bihar, India)1.00infobox
BindusaraDynastyMaurya1.00infobox
BindusaraFatherChandragupta Maurya1.00infobox
BindusaraIssueSusima Ashoka Vitashoka1.00infobox
BindusaraMotherDurdhara (according to Jain tradition)1.00infobox
BindusaraPredecessorChandragupta Maurya1.00infobox
BindusaraPredecessorUnknown1.00infobox
BindusaraReignc. 297 – c. 273 BCE1.00infobox
BindusaraSpouseSeveral wives (16 according to Mahavamsa), including the mother of Ashoka (Subhadrangi according to Ashokavadana or Dhamma according to the Sri Lankan tradition)1.00infobox
BindusaraSuccessorAshoka1.00infobox
BindusaraSuccessorSusima1.00infobox

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