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Bindusara

320 BC - 273 BC

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Bindusara (320 BCE – 273 BCE) (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies"). Bindusara was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bindusara has received more than 3,414,392 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Bindusara is the 2,428th most popular politician (up from 2,794th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from India (up from 101st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Politician.

Bindusara was most famous for his conquests of the Indian subcontinent, which made him the second ruler of the Mauryan Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bindusara ranks 2,428 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, José Ramos-Horta, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Burebista, Duke of Zhou, and Armah. After him are Louis the Blind, Constantine Laskaris, Bolesław III Wrymouth, Atossa, Najib Mikati, and Thaïs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Bindusara ranks 1. After him are Timon of Phlius, Lycophron, Meleager, Asclepiades of Samos, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 273 BC, Bindusara ranks 1. After him is Appius Claudius Caecus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bindusara ranks 87 out of 1,861. Before him are Samudragupta (335), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Nathuram Godse (1910), and Pervez Musharraf (1943). After him are Pete Best (1941), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Varāhamihira (505), Patanjali (-200), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), and Ramanuja (1017).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Bindusara ranks 27. Before him are Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Maharana Pratap (1540), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and Pervez Musharraf (1943). After him are Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Razia Sultana (1205), and Dhyan Chand (1905).

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