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Chandragupta Maurya was a pivotal figure in the history of India. Although the sources differ on his early life, they generally agree that Chanakya took him under his wing to overthrow Dhana Nanda, the Nanda emperor. Chanakya and Chandragupta assembled an army and replaced the Nanda with the...

As you probably know, Alexander the Great was kinda of a big deal. He controlled a huge (an incredibly unstable) empire stretching from Greece to India. It was in India that his troops finally said enough was enough and forced him to turn around. But let's say that Alexander is able to force his...

What if Chandragupta Maurya reunited the Diadochi states, first taking down the Seleucids and then making his way into Egypt and Macedonia? Would he then style himself as a Greek monarch, Persian monarch, or try to impose a Sanskrit ruling class over the former Achaemenid Empire?