Chandragupta

- Ruled from 321 BC - 185 BC
- First ruler of Maurya Empire
- Collected taxes, built roads, and harbors
- Government was a bureaucracy
- Ruled harshly
- Had a secret police that reported crime and corruption
- Feared is own assassination so he had food testers, and slept in a different room each night
- Has specially trained women warriors guarded his palace