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The Emperor is Naked: How History Forgot the Ajivikas and Remembered the Mauryas

Echoes Of India: A History Podcast

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The Story of Candragupta

In 305 b c e, a man called selucus micator came to dispute chandrguta's control of northern india. We have no idea what this confrontation between these two vast new empires could have looked like. What kind of tactics were used? How chandr goptar dealt with the deadly threat paused by the unbreakable macedonian pike? Falinges silico's letter claimed that chandrgupta gave him elephants tribute and that he married his sister or daughter to him. Finally, late in his career, canda upta maria is supposed to have given it all up, all the wealth, all the power, all the bloodshed and

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