While his two ancestors were given the title of Maharaja, Chandra Gupta I is described in his inscriptions as Maharajadhiraj. He can therefore be considered the first Gupta emperor. According to the Puranas the Guptas ruled over territories (referred to as Janapadas) such as Prayag, Saket and Magadh. This description of the Gupta dominion precedes the reign of Samudragupta and hence must refer to the territories ruled over by Chandragupta I. Purana (Sanskrit पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤£, purÄṇa, meaning ancient or old) is the name of a genre (or a group of related genres) of Indian written literature (as distinct from oral literature). ... The Janapadas are the major realms or kingdoms of Vedic (Iron Age) India, by the 6th century BC evolving into the sixteen classical Mahajanapadas . ...
Chandragupta's rule over Magadh has been attributed to his marital alliance with the Lichchhavis. This alliance surely benefited him materially as well. In fact in one of his inscriptions, his successor Samudragupta proudly refers to himself as Lichchhavidauhitra (this refers to the fact that his mother was a Lichchhavi). It is significant that Samudragupta would refer to his maternal lineage instead of the more common reference to paternal lineage. There are also several coins issued by Samudragupta that commemorate the marriage of Chandragupta to Kumardevi, the Lichchhavi princess. Licchavi (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was an ancient kingdom in Nepal, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley from approximately 400 to 750. ... Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire (c. ... Licchavi (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was an ancient kingdom in Nepal, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley from approximately 400 to 750. ... Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire (c. ...
Most records indicate that Chandragupta reigned in the period c. 319-335 A.D.
Ghatotkacha (c. ... The Gupta Empire in 400 CE (not including vassal states) The Gupta Empire was one of the largest political and military empires in ancient India. ... Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire (c. ...
Sources
R. K. Mookerji, The Gupta Empire, 4th edition. Motilal Banarsidass, 1959.
R. C. Majumdar, Ancient India, 6th revised edition. Motilal Banarsidass, 1971.
In 305 Seleucus Nicator crossed the Indus, but was defeated by Chandragupta and forced to a humiliating peace (303), by which the empire of the latter was still farther extended in the north.
The government was, of course, autocratic and even tyrannous, but it was organized on an elaborate system, army and civil service being administered by a series of boards, while the cities were governed by municipal commissioners responsible for public order and the upkeep of public works.
Chandragupta himself is described as living in barbaric splendour, appearing in public only to hear causes, offer sacrifice, or to go on military and hunting expeditions, and withal so fearful of assassination that he never slept two nights running in the same room.
ChandraguptaMaurya with the help Chanakya (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroyed the Nanda rulers of Magadha[?] and established the Mauryan empire.
Chandragupta not only stopped his advance but pushed the frontier farther west into what is now Afghanistan.
ChandraguptaMaurya's son Bindusara became the new Mauryan Emperor by inheriting an empire that included the Hindu Kush, Narmada[?], Vindhyas[?], Mysore, Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Baluchistan and Afghanistan.
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