Bindusara

Timeline

1. c. -320–-297Pataliputra · PataliputraAs Chandragupta's son he grew up in Magadha and received a royal education; Buddhist sources describe his forceful character, and he was already involved in imperial affairs in his father's later years.
2. c. -297–-285Pataliputra · PataliputraAfter inheriting his father's throne he consolidated central authority and maintained control over Pataliputra; Greek sources called him 'Amitrochates' (Sanskrit Amitraghata, 'slayer of enemies'), and he rewarded and punished his officials with clear distinction.
3. c. -285–-273Deccan Plateau · Deccan PlateauAccounts of pushing imperial power south into the Deccan appear mainly in later Buddhist and Tibetan histories; modern historians are reserved about large-scale southern campaigns. He maintained diplomacy with the Hellenistic West and received the envoy Deimachus sent by Seleucid Antiochus I.