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How did Alexander’s conquest of India give rise to the Mauryan Empire?

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Alexander's death in 323 B.C.E. left a large power vacuum, and Chandragupta took advantage, gathering an army and overthrowing the Nanda power in Magadha, in present-day eastern India, marking the start of the Mauryan Empire.

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