- called Amitrochates/ Amitroghat (destroyer of enemies) in Greek accounts
- annexed southern India in Mauryan Empire which has been attested by Tibetan scholar Taranath
- estd. v cordial rel. w/ Philadelphians Ptolemy & Antiochus II of Syria
- requested Syrian ruler to send Figged wine & philosophers to Mauryan Court
- Syrian ruler refused cuz law of Syria didn’t allow 👀
- 299BC: convened first Jain Council at Patliputra
- after some time, Bhadrabahu returned from Shravana Belgola
- → ideological fight b/w him and Sthulabhadra 😒
- led to creation of 2 branches of Jainism 😱
- after death of Bindusar, war of succession started among his sons
- lasted for 4 years
- said that Ashoka killed hundreds of his brothers to assume power in 269BC.
- continues in Ashoka (269-232 BC)