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Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The founder of the Maurya empire was _______.

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Ashoka
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Chandragupta
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Bimbisara
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None of these
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The correct option is D Chandragupta


The Maurya Empire was a geographically-extensive Iron Age historical power based in Magadha and founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated the Indian subcontinent between 322 and 187 BCE.

In the wake of the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce, Chandragupta (orChandragupta Maurya), founder of the Mauryan dynasty, carved out the majority of an empire that encompassed most of the Indian subcontinent, except for the Tamil-speaking south.


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