Event Military campaigns of Bindusara

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Military campaign of Bindusara, king of the Mauryan Empire.

Chronology

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  • January 279 BC: Bindusara, who inherited the Maurya Empire when he was just 22 years old, extended his empire to the southern part of India, as far as what is now known as Karnataka. He conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula (he is said to have conquered the 'land between the two seas' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea).
  • January 272 BC: Expansion of the Magadha Kingdom until 273 BC.

Selected Sources

  • Schwartzberg,J. E. (1992): A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Minneapolis (USA), Plate III.B.4b (p.18) and Plate XIV.1a-c (p.145).