chanakya was the minister during the regime of chandragupta.
chanakya was the minister during the regime of chandragupta.
who is the minister during the regime of chandragupta?
chanakya
according to various legends, chandragupta, with the counsel of his chief minister chanakya (also known as kautilya), created a new empire, applied the principles of statecraft, built a large army and continued expanding the boundaries of his empire. greek rulers such as seleucus i nicator avoided war with him, entered into a marriage alliance instead, and retreated into persia. chandragupta's empire almost spanned the indian subcontinent, except the southernmost regions (now tamil nadu and kerala) and kalinga (now odisha). after unifying much of india, chandragupta and chanakya passed a series of major economic and political reforms. chandragupta established a strong central administration from pataliputra (now patna). chandragupta's india had an efficient, highly organised structure. the empire built infrastructure such as irrigation, temples, mines and roads, leading to a strong economy. during chandragupta's reign and that of his dynasty, many religions thrived in india, with buddhism, jainism and ajivika gaining prominence along with the brahmanism traditions. a memorial to chandragupta maurya exists on chandragiri hill in shravanabelagola, karnakata.
chandragupta maurya
according to these scholars, it is very conspicuous that shashigupta ("sisikottos") and chandragupta ("sandrokotos") both names literally mean ""moon-protected"". "shashi" part of "shashigupta" has exactly the same meaning in sanskrit as the "chandra" part of "chandragupta"—both mean ""the moon"". thus, the two names are exact synonyms. scholars say that it is not an uncommon practice in india to substitute one's given name with a synonym. thus, it appears very likely, as many scholars believe, that chandragupta may have been an alternative name for shashigupta and both names essentially refer to same individual. this view is further reinforced if we compare the early lives of shashigupta and chandragupta. both men are equally remarkable, both are military adventurers "par excellence", both are rebellious and opportunists, both are equally ambitious, both are far-sighted and shrewd statesmen, and lastly but more importantly, both emerge in history precisely at the same time and at the same place in north-west india. plutarch's classic statement that andrakottos had met alexander in his youth days probably alludes to the years when sisikottos had gone to help iranians against alexander at bactria in 329 bce. j. w. mccrindle concludes from plutarch's statement that chandragupta was native of punjab rather than magadha. appian's statement: ""and having crossed indus, seleucus warred with androkottos, the king of the indians, who dwelt about that river (the indus)"" clearly shows that chandragupta was initially a ruler of indus country. it was only after chandragupta's war with seleucus which took place in 305 bce and the defeat of the latter that chandragupta appears to have shifted his capital and residence from north-west to pataliputra—which was also the political headquarters of the regime he had succeeded to.
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