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Bindusara (297 BCE-272 BCE):Chandragupta's son and successor

By Saily

 Bindusara (297 BCE-272 BCE)


Chandragupta's son and successor Bindusara, identifiable with Amitrochades/Amitrochates of the Greek accounts (the name possibly corresponds to his epithet Amitraghata or a slayer of foes, suggesting his invincible military prowess), is not known to have made fresh conquests, nor lost any territory, implying thereby that he maintained intact the expansive realm. Early Tamil poets of the South mention Mauryan chariots thundering across the land, their white pennants brilliant in the sunshine. Some scholars have suggested that this reference to Mauryan expansion in the Deccan could only have taken place during the reign of Bindusara. To Bindusara goes the credit of continuing the dynastic policy of maintaining friend- ly diplomatic relations with Seleucid rulers of West Asia. Bindusara had contacts with Antiochus I, the Seleucid king of Syria whose ambassador, Deimachus, was said to have been at the Mauryan court. Bindusara was interested in the Ajivika sect. He died in 273-272 BCE.

  •  After Chandragupta, his son Bindusara became the ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

  • During the reign of Bindusara, the Maurya Empire spread to the South as far as Mysore and thus included almost the entire country (except Kalinga and far Southern kingdoms).

  • The Greeks called Bindusara Amitrochatas (Amitraghat in Sanskrit).

  • During the reign of Bindusara, Antiochus, the ruler of Syria, sent dry figs, wine to Bindusara but refused to send a Sophist (philosopher).

  •  Deimachus, an ambassador of Antiochus I was at the court of Bindusara. Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the ruler of Egypt, sent an ambassador named Dynosis to the court of Bindusara. 
  • Buddhist text Mahavamsa suggests that Bindusara was the follower of Brahamanism, but various other Buddhist books mentioned that he embrassed Ajivika sect under the guidance of Pingalavatsa.

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