Question

Select the correct option to complete the following statement that is given below:
 The founder of the Maurya empire was _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _.
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Chandragupta
(C) Ashoka
(D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: In ancient India, he was the one who founded the Maurya Empire in 321 – 297 BC. He was taught by the great Chanakya and the Maurya dynasty was founded after his name.

Complete answer:
Chandragupta Maurya was the one who founded the Maurya empire. He was taught by Chanakya as he had a great influence on his empire. They both together with the help of each other build one of the largest empires in Indian subcontinents. But according to the Jain reading, it is stated that he later founded his kingdom and became a Jain Monk.
Chandragupta Maurya was a very important figure in the history of India as he laid his first government and built and created a new empire where the basic principles of statecraft, to build a large army and how to continue expanding the boundaries of his empire. His empire spread to most of the Indian subcontinents that were till Bengal to Afghanistan and across all Northern India. According to the Jain accounts he left his throne to become a Jain Mock and he also traveled away from his Kingdom and committed fasting to death. As its region and empire set economic prosperity. A memory of the great Chandragupta Maurya is still there on the Chandragiri hill along with a 7th-century inscription.

So, the correct option is B.

Note: Chandragupta and Chanakya with the help of each other build one of the largest empires on the Indian subcontinent. He ruled till 297 BC but after that, he became a Jain monk and died in the same year at Shravanabelagola of Karnataka.