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Durdhara (350 BCE – 320 BCE) was one of the two empress consorts (the other being Helena) of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the 4th-century BCE Maurya Empire of ancient India, according to the 12th century CE Jain text Parishishtaparvan by Hemachandra.
- Durdhara – Chandragupta Maurya’s First Wife
- The Mother of Chandragupta Maurya’s only Son Bindusara
- The Death of Durdhara – How Did Queen Durdhara Die?
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According to the available Jain texts, the first wife of Chandragupta Maurya was Durdhara. While some of the popular culture, showed Durdhara as Dhananand’s daughter, according to Mahavamsa-tika, Durdhara was Chandragupta’s first cousin. She was the daughter of his eldest maternal uncle who had accompanied Chandragupta’s mother to Patliaputra. She ...
Though nothing much is known about the queen, the texts confirm that she was the mother of Samrat Bindusara, the heir of the Mauryan lineage. The queen neither could see her son nor the son saw his mother as she died before she could give birth to her son Bindusar. The son was saved by Chanakya, Chandragupta Maurya’s guru in what we may call as the...
According to Jain texts, AcharayaChanakya used to mix small doses of poison in Chandragupta Maurya’s food to increase his immunity against poison as those days the Emperor was susceptible to various threats by enemies especially in the form of poison. Unknown by the fact, one day, the Emperor shared his food with his pregnant wife Durdhara who was ...
Durdhara was the daughter of Chandragupta Maurya's maternal uncle and his first cousin. She died by consuming poisonous food meant for her husband, but Chanakya saved their son Bindusara by performing a cesarian operation.
Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya [a] (350–295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha. [10] . He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. [11] .
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Jul 3, 2018 · Learn the real story of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of Mauryan Empire, and his first wife Durdhara, who died of poisoning. Discover how he met Chanakya, married Queen Helena and defeated Alexander the Great.
Sep 24, 2017 · Durdhara was the wife of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. She died of poisoning while pregnant with their second son, Bindusara, who succeeded his father.
Oct 9, 2016 · Learn about the two wives of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of Mauryan Empire. Durdhara was his eldest son's mother and died in childbirth, while Helena was a Greek princess he married later in life.
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India. He married Durdhara, a princess of the Shunga dynasty, and had a son named Bindusara.
