KARNATAKA: Who was India's first "great" emperor (and did he meet Alexander?)? |
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Chandragupta Maurya founded India's first pan-Indian empire--an important episode for nationalists (especially Hindu nationalists) who need an ancient precedent for "unity" in an Indian history that is almost all politically fragmented.
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