Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.55

c11.55

² Gandhāra Origin of the Maurya Dynasty and Indentification o Chandragupta with Sasigupta, by H. C. Seth. In *Indian Culture*, X. pp. 32n, 34, it is said that "Chandragupta was a man of the Uttarāpatha" and that "Hwen Thsang narrates a legend (Beal, *Buddhist Records*, I., p. 126 Sic.,) which connects the Śākya-Mauryas with the country of Udyāna". The passage on which the last statement is based is not quoted. The pilgrim's story (Beal, I. 128) simply mentions Udyāna as a place of refuge of a Śākya fugitive. The evidence hardly suffices to represent either the Śākyas or Chandragupta as "men of the Uttarāpatha." Is it suggested that *Mayūra-rāja* (king of peacocks) on p. 126 is to be taken to refer to Chandragupta ?