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Chandra Gupta was the founder of the Maurya empire. Justin and some other Greek scholars described him with the name, Sendrokotts. William Jones was the first scholar who proved that this name was used for Chandra Gupta Maurya. He liberated the north-western part of India from Greek domination, grabbed power in Magadha from the hands of its tyrannical ruler Dhana [...]