Ancestry and family of Ashoka Maurya

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Ancestry and family of Ashoka Maurya

Legg inn av Gjest » 14 feb 2007 21:16:21

A little pre-medieval, but we've had discussions on the Roman emperors
and other lines from antiquity, so I trust no one will be upset.

Working from B. G. Gokhale's "Asoka Maurya" (1966), Ashoka was born c.
291-292 B.C.E. in the capitol of his father's empire, Pataliputra. He
had one full-brother, Tishya, who later served as his vice-regent. His
mother was Dharma (Subhadrangi), a Brahmin woman from Champa near
Bhagalpur (in modern-day Bihar). His father was Bindusara
(Amritraghata), who had contacts with both the Seleukid kings of Syria
and the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt. One anecdote says that Bindusara
requested that Antiochus I Soter send him wine, figs, and a
philosopher. The wine and figs arrived, but no philosopher,
philosophers not being for hire in the Seleukid lands.

Bindusara's father was Chandragupta, allegedly the son of a minor
chieftain, possibly a native of Magadha. The "Anabasis" describes
Chandragupta as a "youth" during the wars with Alexander in 327-326,
and so Gokhale estimates he was born c. 347 B.C.E. Chandragupta died
in 300-299 B.C.E., leaving his empire to his son Bindusara, as noted
above.

Bindusara died in 274 or 273, and Ashoka succeeded him. He apparently
killed several of his brothers or half-brothers soon afterwards.
Ashoka also had several sisters, their names unknown to us.

Ashoka had several wives and concubines. Devi was a devout Buddhist of
Vidisha, and she was the mother of a son Mahendra and daughter
Samghamitra. Asandhimitta (Padmavati) was the mother of Kunala, who
was blinded by his stepmother. This stepmother was another of Ashoka's
wives, Kuruvaki (Tishyarakshita), herself mother of Tishya (Tivara).
Ashoka had at least one other son, Jakola, later ruler of Kashmir, but
his mother is unknown.

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Re: Ancestry and family of Ashoka Maurya

Legg inn av norenxaq » 14 feb 2007 23:42:13

Mississippienne@gmail.com wrote:

Bindusara's father was Chandragupta, allegedly the son of a minor
chieftain, possibly a native of Magadha. The "Anabasis" describes
Chandragupta as a "youth" during the wars with Alexander in 327-326,
and so Gokhale estimates he was born c. 347 B.C.E. Chandragupta died
in 300-299 B.C.E., leaving his empire to his son Bindusara, as noted
above.



Chandragupta's ancesty is actually unknown. In addition to the above, he

could have been a son of one of the kings of Maghada, whom he overthrew.
another version maintains he was a peasant

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