Chandragupta Maurya - Amar Chitra Katha

Specification: Publisher : Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd. By : Shail Tiwari Cover : Paperback Language : English Edition : 2011 Pages :  32 pages Weight : 90 gm. Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm ISBN-10 :  818999915X ISBN-13 : 978-8189999155 Description: Nearly 2300 years ago, Chandragupta Maurya brought about the political unification of north India and established an empire that successfully resisted the Macedonian invasion. His empire extended form Mysore (present-day Karnataka) in the south to the dorders of Persia (present-day Iran) in the northwest. Many Legends describe the early career of Chandragupta, making it difficult to distinguish fact form fantasy in the stories about his later years. But what remains true is that he was the first true emperor of India, as no king before him had ever built such a vast kingdom. Vishakhadatta’s famous play on Chandragupta, Mudra Rakshasa, was written in the 9th century AD. Two Sanskrit works followed this, nearly 700 years later – Mudra Raks