BCE when he conquered the kingdom of Magadha and the northwestern Macedonian satrapies.Maurya Empire was founded in 322 BCE by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda DYNASTY and RAPIDLY expanded his power westward across central and western India in order to take advantage of the disruptions of local powers in the wake of the withdrawal by Alexander the Great‘s armies. According to legend, the TEACHER Chanakya convinced his disciple, Chandragupta Maurya, to conquer the kingdom of Magadha (the Nanda Empire) when he was INSULTED by its king Dhana Nanda.Chandragupta Maurya expanded the Maurya Empire north and west as he conquered the Macedonian Satrapies and won the Seleucid-Mauryan war. According to several legends, Chanakya travelled to Magadha, a kingdom that was large and militarily powerful and feared by its neighbours but was insulted by its king Dhana Nanda, of the Nanda Dynasty.Chanakya swore revenge and vowed to destroy the Nanda Empire.Maurya devised a strategy to invade Pataliputra, the capital of the Nanda Empire.A battle was announced and the Magadhan army was drawn from the city to a distant battlefield in order to engage Maurya’s forces.