"In fact, we have one of the greatest rulers of India
Chandragupta Maurya who rose from being a shudra.
for the benefit of
Chandragupta Maurya. According to Kautilya, contiguous states existed in a state of latent and permanent hostility.
It is said that daal was served as a special dish at
Chandragupta Maurya's wedding in 303BC.
Among the greatest of Jain rulers of the sub-continent was
Chandragupta Maurya (321-297 BC) who after seeing a lot of killings left his throne and went into the forests with Jain monks.
When India looks in the mirror, it sees Machiavelli's prince and Kautilya or Chanakya's
Chandragupta Maurya. Why would a country that has been a victim of imperialism choose a realist worldview and not idealism as its worldview is beyond me.
In fact, when
Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the 3rd century BCE Maurya Empire, was asked how he built up his power, he is said to have replied: "I watched Alexander when I was still a young man." Alexander the Great, he claimed, could have gone on to conquer all of India because his model of rule was superior to that of all the Indian princes.
Chandragupta Maurya had built the Empire and Ashoka annexed Kalinga (modern Odisha) into his kingdom.
Chandragupta Maurya became the new emperor with Chanakya's help and set up an even larger empire and founded the Maurya dynasty.
THE Iconic Mauryan emperors --
Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka the Great -- may have earned their place in history because of their valour, administrative acumen and peace policy but they are being talked about these days in Bihar for an altogether different reason: caste.