father predecessor religion succession successor house mother death_date title grandmother birth_date coronation spouse issue article_title name reign
chandragupta maurya chandragupta maurya Ājīvika maurya emperor ashoka maurya mura 272 bce -lrb- aged 48 -rrb- emperor , chakravartin samrat mura 320 bce 298 bce shubhadrangi susima ashoka vitashoka bindusara
 bindusara maurya 298 bce -- c. 272 bce
bindusara

bindusara maurya -lrb- r. c. 320 -- 272 bce -rrb- was emperor of the maurya empire .
during his reign , the empire expanded southwards .
he had two well-known sons , susima and ashoka , who were the viceroys of taxila and ujjain .
the greeks called him `` amitrochates '' or `` allitrochades '' -- the greek transliteration for the sanskrit word `` amitraghata '' `` slayer of enemies '' .
he was also called `` ajatashatru '' `` man with no enemies '' in sanskrit -lrb- not to be confused with ajatashatru , son of bimbisara , who ruled haryanka magadha from 491 -- 461 bce -rrb- .
