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APPENDIX III THE MAURYA DYNASTY CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE YKAB B.C. EVENT. 326 or 325 Sept., 325 Feb., 324 . June, 323 . Oct., 323-322 321. . . . 321. . . . 315. . . . 312 Oct. 1, 312 . 306. . . . 305 or 304 . 303. . . . 303-301 . . 302. . . . 301. . . . 297. . . . circa 296 . . 285. . . . 280. . . . 278 or 277 . 272. . . . 272. . . . 269. . . . 264. . . . 261. . . . 259. . . . 258. . . . 257. 256. 255. ?254 250. Chaudragupta Maurya in his youth met Alexander the Great. Alexander quitted India. Alexander, while in Karmania, received news of the murder of his satrap Philippos, in India; and placed Eudamos and Ambhi, King of Taxila, in charge of the Indian provinces. Death of Alexander at Babylon. Revolt of Panjab under Chandragupta Maurya. Destruction of Nanda dynasty of Magadha ; accession of Chan- dragupta Maurya as Emperor of India. Second partition of Alexander's empire at Triparadeisos. Seleukos Nikator compelled by Antigonos to retire to Egypt. Recovery of Babylon by Seleukos. Establishment of Seleukidan era. Assumption by Seleukos of title of king. Invasion of India by Seleukos. Defeat of Seleukos by Chandragupta ; treaty of peace ; cession of a large part of Ariana by Seleukos. March of Seleukos against Antigonos. Megasthenes ambassador of Seleukos at Pataliputra. Defeat and death of Antigonos at Ipsos in Phrygia. Accession of Bindusara Amitraghata as Emperor of India. Deimachos ambassador of Seleukos at Pataliputra. Ptolemy Philadelphos, King of Egypt, ace. Seleukos Nikator, King of Syria, d. ; Antiochos Soter, his son, ace. Antigonos Gonatas, King of Macedonia, grandson of Antiochos I, ace. Alexander, King of Epirus, son of Pyrrhus, and opponent of Antigonos Gonatas, ace. Accession of Asoka-vardhana as Emperor of India. Coronation (abhisheka) of Asoka. Outbreak of First Punic War. Conquest of Kalinga by Asoka ; Antiochos Theos, King of Syria, son of Antiochos Soter, ace. Asoka abolished hunting, instituted tours devoted to works of piety, and despatched missionaries. Magas, King of Cyrene, half-brother of Ptolemy Philadelphos, died ; (?) Alexander, King of Epirus, died. Rock Edicts III and IV of Asoka, who instituted quinquennial official progresses for propagation of Law of Piety (dharma), and dedicated cave-dwellings at Barabar for the use of the Ajivikas. Publication of complete series of Fourteen Rock Edicts, and of the Kalinga Borderers' Edict by Asoka, who appointed Censors of the Law of Piety (dharmamahamatraJi). Asoka enlarged for the second time the stupa of Konakamana Buddha near Kapilavastu. Publication by Asoka of the Kalinga Provincials' Edict. Dedication by Asoka of a third cave-dwelling at Barabar for the use of the Ajivikas. 398