Question 5. Who founded the Mauryan Empire? (a) Ashoka (b) Chandragupta Maurys (c) Bindusara (d) Ajatashatru
Alexander's death in 323 B.C.E. left a large power vacuum, and Chandragupta took advantage, gathering an army and overthrowing the Nanda power in Magadha, in present-day eastern India, marking the start of the Mauryan Empire.
