What is Chandragupta Maurya?
{{Infobox royalty | title = | image = Chandragupt maurya Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (31) (cropped).JPG | image_size = 285 | alt = Modern statue of Chandragupta Maurya at Birla Temple, [[Delhi]] | caption = Modern statue of Chandragupta Maurya at Birla Temple, [[Delhi]] | birth_date = c. 350 BCE | birth_place = [[Pataliputra]], [[Magadha]]<br/><small>(Present day [[Bihar]], [[India]])</small> | death_date = c. 295 BCE | death_place = [[Chandragiri hill|Chandragiri]], [[Maurya Empire]]<br/><small>(Present day [[Karnataka]], [[India]])</small> | succession = Emperor of Magadha | reign = {{circa|322|297 BCE}}<ref name=britchandrag>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310115220/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandragupta |date=10 March 2018 }}, Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=330}} | coronation = {{circa|322 BCE}} | predecessor = [[Dhana Nanda]] | reg-type = Amatya | successor = [[Bindusara]]{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=331}} | consort = [[Durdhara]] | spouse = [[Durdhara]]<br/>[[Berenice]]</small> | issue = [[Bindusara]] | dynasty = [[Maurya Empire|Maurya]] | module = {{Infobox person | embed=yes | education = | alma_mater = [[University of ancient Taxila|Taxila University]]}} | religion = [[Hinduism]] }} '''Chandragupta Maurya''' was the founder of the [[Maurya Empire]] in [[South Asia]]. He was born in a humble family.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chandragupta Maurya and his times|last=Mookerji|first=Radha Kumud|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1966|isbn=81-208-0433-3|pages=5-7}}</ref> He was picked up, taught and counselled by [[Chanakya]] (also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta), a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] who wrote the Arthashastra. Together, Chandragupta and [[Chanakya]] built the largest empires in the [[subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Chanakya_s_Niti_Dar