A History of Agriculture in India v1.c28.3

v1.c28.3

In 325 B.C., the Nanda dynasty was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya, whose chief adviser was Kautilya, also called Chanakya, the author of the *Arthashastra*. In 322 B.C., Chandragupta Maurya returned to Magadha from the Punjab with a large army, killed the Nanda king and occupied Pataliputra. In 305 B.C., Chandragupta defeated Seleucus, the Greek ruler of western Asia. Seleucus not only ceded to Chandragupta eastern Afghanistan, Baluchistan and the area west of the Indus but also gave him his daughter in marriage.