[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Age of the Nandas and Mauryas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952) › c11.55 # Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.55 Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.55 - **Language:** English ### [c11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.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 ? - [Previous: c11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11.54) - [Next: c11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11.56) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11.55) · Pramāṇa