'''Chandragupta Maurya''' ({{lang-sa|चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य}}), kadang-kadang hanya disebut '''Chandragupta''' (lahir c. 340 SM, berkuasa c. 320<ref name=Kulke>{{cite book |last = Kulke |first = Hermann |coauthors = Rothermund, Dietmar |title = A History of India |origyear = 1986 |edition = Third Edition |year = 1998 |publisher = Routledge |location = London |isbn = 0-415-15481-2 |pages = 59}}</ref> – 298 SM<ref>Kulke and Rothermund 1998:62</ref>), adalah pendiri [[Kekaisaran Maurya]]. Chandragupta berhasil menyatukan hampir seluruh subenua India. Chandragupta dianggap sebagai penyatu India yang pertama.<ref name=Boesche>{{cite journal |first = Roger |last = Boesche |year = 2003 |month = January |title = [http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/journal_of_military_history/v067/67.1boesche.pdf Kautilya's ''Arthaśāstra'' on War and Diplomacy in Ancient India] |journal = The Journal of Military History |volume = 67 |issue = 1 |pages = 9–37 |id = ISSN 0899-3718 |doi = 10.1353/jmh.2003.0006 }}</ref> Dalam catatan [[Yunani]] dan [[Bahasa Latin|Latin]], Chandragupta disebut '''Sandrokuptos''' (''Σανδρόκυπτος''), Sandrokottos (''Σανδρόκοττος''), atau Androcottus.<ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] (ed), ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', 1870, [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3038.html Vol 3 p. 705-6]</ref>
Chandragupt juga merupakan kakek dari [[Ashoka]] yang juga salah satu raja di dinasti [[Maurya]].
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* [[Ashoka]]
* [[Maurya]]
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== Pranala luar ==
* [http://46.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CH/CHANDRAGUPTA_MAURYA.htm 1911encyclopedia.org article on Chandragupta Maurya]
