Chandragupta Maurya

- created the first Indian Empire
- power started in the Ganges river and spread to northern India
- grandson and son brought power to the south (Deccan Plain)
- 321 B.C. to 185 B.C., the empire was united
- had a well organized bureaucracy
- officials supervised building roads and harbors because of trade
- others collected taxes and ran factories
- had secret police
- Chandragupta was afraid to die