Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c17.5

c17.5

He "fled into the wilderness of Winjjha where, with the view of raising resources, he converted (by recoining) each *Kahāpana* into eight, and amassed 80 *Kotis* of *Kahāpanas*. He next searched for a person who was entitled by birth to be raised to sovereign power and lighted upon Chandagutta of Moriyan dynasty."