How The Nanda Dynasty Built India's First Empire ¦ Indian History ¦ India Unravelled

Ashoka is probably the most well-known emperor of ancient India, whose empire stretched from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

But the Mauryans were not the first empire-builders of India.

Before Ashoka's grandfather Chandragupta Maurya became king of Magadha, the Nanda dynasty - who ruled in the middle of the 4th century BCE - had built India's first empire.

This is the story of how the Nanda empire.

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