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- Bindusara was a ruler of ancient India.
- He was second of the Mauryan emperors.
- He was the son of Chandragupta Maurya.
- He consolidated and strengthened the empire his father left.
- He was the father of the great Ashoka.
- He ruled from 297 BC to 273 BC.
- His mother might have been of Greek or Macedonian origin.
- He extended the Mauryan empire to south India.
- He maintained friendly political relations with the Greeks.
- His death was followed by a struggle of succession that lasted four years.