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Describe Chandragupta as a conqueror. What was the extent of his empire?
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Solution
Chandragupta Maurya annexed the entire Punjab and areas across the Indus river. Seleucus had also to sign a peace treaty in which he gave away Kabul, Kandahar, and Heart to Chandragupta. Chandragupta also conquered parts of central India and united the whole of Northern India under Mauryan rule.
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