Bindusara (298 BC-273 BC)

  • Greeks called him Amitro Chates (derived from Sanskrit word Amitraghata i.e, Slayer of foes); Vindupala Chinese texts; Sinhasena Jain text; Bhadrasara Vayu Purana.
  • He extended the  kingdom furthy to the peninsular region of India as far South as Mysore.
  • Antichus I, the Selucid king of Syria, sent his Ambassador, Deimachus to his court.
  • Pliny mentions that Ptoleny Philladephus of Egypt sent Dionysius as his Ambassador to the court of Bindusara.
  • Taranath the Buddhist monk, credits him for Co quering the land between two seas.
  • Antiochus 1 sent some sweet wine and dried figs to Mauryans court on Bindusara's request, but denied to send a sophist explaining that Greek law forbid a sophist to be sold.
  • He patronised Ajivika sect.
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