Chandragupta Maurya entertains his bride from Babylon. In 305BC Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, attacked India but was defeated by Chandragupta and had to make peace with him, which included the gift of a daughter as a wife for his rival, she finally arrived in Pataliputra (modern day Patna) in 303BC. Chandragupta Maurya, reign: 321–298 BC, aka Chandragupta or Chandra Gupta. Founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Chandragupta Maurya entertains his bride from Babylon. In 305BC Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, attacked India but was defeated by Chandragupta and had to make peace with him, which included the gift of a daughter as a wife for his rival, she finally arrived in Pataliputra (modern day Patna) in 303BC. Chandragupta Maurya, reign: 321–298 BC, aka Chandragupta or Chandra Gupta. Founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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