Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.62

c11.62

It should, however, be noted that all our authorities agree that the Mauryas hailed from Eastern India, the land of the Prasii. Young Chandragupta's detestation of the Prasian contemporary of Alexander, to which Plutarch bears witness, is in conformity with the tradition that the poor plight in which the Maurya family found itself in the twenties of the fourth century B.C. was due, in large measure, to the agressive policy of neighbouring rulers, particularly the imperialists of Magadha.