Zh ā n tu ó lu ó j í du ō, also known as the Moon Protector, was the first monarch of the Peacock Dynasty in India (reigning from 324 BC to 300 BC), born into the caste of Kshatriya (some say Shudra).
Lost his father in childhood. In his youth, King Alexander the Great of Macedonia invaded the northwest of India, and he took the opportunity to rebel, establish an army, and attack the Macedonian occupation army.
In approximately 324 or 321 BC, he declared himself king and led his army to attack the capital of the Nanda Dynasty, Huashi City (now Batna, Bihar), establishing the Peacock Dynasty. Unify the northern region of India, establish a centralized state, and build a standing army of 600000 soldiers including infantry, cavalry, tank troops, sailors, elephants, and logistics units. To lay the foundation for the establishment of the first unified empire in Indian history. It is said that in his later years, he firmly believed in Jainism and died of hunger strike according to its customs.

Chandragupta Maurya, also known as Sandrokottos in ancient Greek texts and pronounced as zh ā ntu ó lu ó j í du ō in Chinese, was the founder of the Indian Peacock Dynasty and the grandfather of King Ashoka, also known as the Moon Protector. His birth and death years are unknown,
His early life is still a mystery, and it is said that his surname "Maurya" indicates that he came from a family that raised peacocks, which means he was born into a lower caste. However, there are also legends that he was the illegitimate son of a prince of the Nanda dynasty and a maid named Mura, with Maurya being the mispronunciation of Mura.

The Sanskrit name is Chandragupta. Translated as' moon protection '. The founder of the Peacock Dynasty in India reigned from approximately 316 BC to 293 BC. Born in the Magadha kingdom under the rule of the Nanda dynasty, originally belonging to a lowly class, around 317 BC, he raised an army from the northwest to attack the Magadha region, defeated the ninth generation of the Nanda dynasty, the Dhananda, overthrew the Nanda dynasty, merged neighboring countries, and established the Peacock dynasty. In 305 BC, Seleukos I, the Syrian king, invaded India and repelled it, ceding present-day Afghanistan and other territories. As a result, the empire extended north to the Himalayas, south to the southern regions, east to the Bay of Bengal, west to the Arabian Sea and Hindu Kush Mountains. It was the earliest unified empire in India, with the capital located in the city of Patna, also known as the "Flower Capital". Chandragupta is the greatest king of India and a hero of his people. Its success was largely due to the strategy of the wise prime minister Gao Dili. It also had a friendly relationship with the Western Silurian dynasty, which sent Megasthene ^ s (around 350-290 BC) as its ambassador to India to the capital of the Peacock dynasty. During my stay, I wrote a record of my observations (TaIndika), which is a valuable resource for understanding the situation in India at that time. King Chandragupta seems to believe in Jainism. His successor, Bindusa ^ ra, was the son of the king, and Ashoka was his grandson.

He was exiled from the country by King Magadha when he was young. On the way, he met the famous Brahmin strategist Chanakya, who was an absolute realist (later known as the Machiavelli of India). Another story is that Cordelia was exiled due to a small dispute with King Nanda, and on the way, he discovered a young man with a royal aura fighting sheep. Anyway, in 321 BC, with the assistance of Cordelia, Chandragupta captured the capital city of Magadha, Fahrenheit, and declared himself the king of Magadha. Afterwards, he organized a large army, reportedly consisting of 30000 cavalry, 9000 war elephants, and 600000 infantry. He attacked the military fortress established by Alexander the Great in the Indus River basin of Macedonia, seized Punjab, and extended the territory of Magadha from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea. Afterwards, he went south to attack the Central Indian countries and expanded his territory to the Deccan Plateau.
In 305 BC, Seleucus I, who inherited Alexander's Asian territory, led his army to invade Punjab, forcing Chandragupta to return and engage in a decisive battle with him. There are different opinions between Indians and Greeks about this war. In the Indian version, Chandragupta completely defeated the Greek army, seized all the land south of the Hindu Kush Mountains, and forced the Greeks to seek peace. In the Greek version, on the contrary, Seleucus fought all the way to Fahrenheit City, and the Indians were no longer able to sustain it. Anyway, in 302 BC, a peace treaty was reached between the two sides, in which Seleucus recognized Chandragupta's rule over Punjab and married one of his daughters to Chandragupta in exchange for five hundred elephants and elephant hands given to him by the Indians to support his expansion into Egypt. The signing of the treaty established the great power status of the Peacock Empire, and both the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and the Seleucid Empire sent permanent envoys to the city of Fahrenheit.
It is said that in 298 BC, Chandragupta converted to Jainism and became a direct disciple of the sage Bhadrabahu. He passed on the throne to his son, Phantoshsara, and went to the forest for asceticism. Eventually, he went on a hunger strike and died in Shravanabelagora.
The founder of the other Gupta dynasty (320-540) was Chandragupta I (reigned 320-335); The third monarch of the Gupta Dynasty was King Chandragupta II (reigned 380-413), also known as King Chaori. During his reign, a famous Chinese monk named Faxian traveled to India to seek Buddhist teachings and wrote the book "Record of the Buddhist Kingdom", also known as "Biography of Faxian", which was passed down to later generations.

In the 1920s BC, there was a young man named Chandragupta who came to the Punjab region and met Alexander. He was almost executed for language offense but managed to escape. Ambitious Alexander did not take this young man to heart at all. He wanted to continue swinging his spear towards India's heartland, but the homesick, unsuited, and exhausted soldiers of Alexander refused to move forward, forcing this proud conqueror to bow down to his subordinates for the first time. After leaving his agent behind, he left this land with a heart full of determination and never returned.
As soon as Alexander left, the Indian people launched waves of rising uprisings, and the nobles took the opportunity to fuel them, attempting to restore their original rule. But it was the young man named Chandragupta mentioned earlier who became the strong leadership core in these uprisings. Chandragupta comes from a family in India that has been raising peacocks for generations, called the Moria family (another way of saying, the name "peacock" is just a transliteration of "Moria"). There are different opinions about whether Chandragupta came from a humble or wealthy family. Judging from his ability to personally meet Alexander, his status should not be low. However, at that time, Chandragupta was already quite destitute. After escaping from Alexander, the help of a Brahmin named Qiaodilya made him more successful. Qiaodilie saw the talent of Chandragupta and invested in him, helping him obtain his first bucket of gold. He then used this money to recruit an army. Under the outstanding leadership of Chandragupta, this army grew and eventually became the main force in the struggle against the Macedonians.
Faced with the wave of Indian resistance, Alexander's agents finally couldn't resist and led most of the troops to follow in Alexander's footsteps and withdraw. Chandragupta became the new ruler here and established the Peacock Dynasty in 324 BC. He is equally ambitious, and his next conquest target is the Magadha Kingdom in the Ganges River basin.
At that time, the Kingdom of Magadha was under the rule of the Nanda Dynasty and had already unified the Ganges River basin. Its national power was flourishing, and it was said to have more than 200000 troops, as well as thousands of war elephants and chariots. Under the attack of the majestic Peacock King Chandragupta, the defense line of the Nanda Dynasty collapsed for thousands of miles. The capital city of Huashi quickly became a trophy of war for Chandragupta. For the first time in history, the Indus and Ganges river basins were unified under the rule of the same empire, and Chandragupta became the holder of this historical honor

Chandragupta soon encountered another strong opponent. After the death of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, his vast empire was divided among several of his generals, with the majority of Asia being acquired by Alexander's subordinate Seleucus. Seleucus wanted to restore the rule of the Macedonians in the northwest region of India and invaded the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent with his troops in 305 BC.
In his old age, Chandragupta still wielded his precious sword and defeated the Macedonian Greek invaders. Both parties signed a treaty. The treaty was clearly advantageous to the victorious Peacock Empire, as Seleucid's army withdrew and some land in the northwestern region of the Indus River was also given to Chandragupta. Both parties enter into a marriage agreement and form a friendly neighbor for generations.
The foundation laid by Chandragupta was inherited and further developed by his son Bintoushala and his grandson Ashoka.
During the reign of King Ashoka, India was basically unified (except for the southernmost part of the peninsula), and the Peacock Dynasty became the first political power in history to basically unify India.

Chandragupta was a devout Jain believer. Jainism is a religion founded by Vajrayana in the 6th century BC. Like Hinduism and Buddhism, it believes in the liberation of the soul, the cycle of karma, and advocates non violence, non killing, and doing good deeds to accumulate virtue. However, its advocacy for abstinence and asceticism far exceeds that of Buddhism and Hinduism. Some of its sects even advocate for believers to practice naked to show that they are penniless.
Chandragupta's achievements in the secular world have been satisfactory, so he turned to pursue spiritual value. In order to live a better life as a Jain believer, he abandoned his throne and became a monk, eventually going on a hunger strike and dying in 300 BC. Chandragupta's leading by example also played a role in the spread of Jainism.

The Peacock Dynasty did not unify India for long. India has traditionally been divided into more and less, and even during the era of unification, there were numerous local princely states that maintained a semi independent state. But political divisions cannot conceal the cultural identity across India. The caste system, religious beliefs, etc. are all shared by India.
Chandragupta resisted the invasion of the Greeks and prevented India from becoming another Hellenized region culturally and politically. His victory was also one of the few important victories in Indian history for local governments to resist foreign invasions.