The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c7.33

c7.33

For a time however these amenities were checked by the coming to great power of Chandragupta, the Maurya king, who overthrew the Nanda dynasty of Magadha and usurped the throne in 322 or 321 B.C. His first endeavour was to drive out the Macedonian garrisons left behind by Alexander, whose generals he succeeded in defeating. Then he seized the throne of Magadha and became the practical Emperor of the whole of northern India.