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Helena : The Greek - Recent Posts -

Mauryan Princess Kaurawaki – Ashoka’s

second wife

Devi : Ashoka’s first wife

Ashoka The great?

Ashoka’s illness

Seleucus Nikator Nand daughter –

Chandragupta
Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleukos Nikator
Maurya’s wife
the commander in chief of Alexander the great
and the ruling Emperor of Persia in 305 B.C. It was Chandragupta Maurya
a political alliance in which Helena the daughter Helena Love story
Seleukos Nikator and Macedonian Princess
married Chandragupta Maurya, the Emperor of Chandragupta v/s
India(and Mauryan Empire). Dhananand – Magadh war

Though the father of Helena was against the Porus- Alexander: The
battle of Hydaspes
marriage as Chandragupta was not a Greek yet
Helena was attracted to Chandragupta and advised
Ashoka the cruel Emperor
her father to arrange her wedding to him. Helena
must have been in her 15-17years when she was
Chandragupta’s Folly
married off to Chandragupta Maurya who was 40
years then. Helena was daughter of Seleukos and Parvatak death – How
his Persian wife. Chandragupta became the
only emperor of India?
Helena became quiet Indian after marriage to
Chandragupta Maurya. She learned Sanskrit and Mauryan times
Classical Indian music. She became his chief
consort and Empress of Mauryan Empire. Chankya Chankya’s death

agreed to the marriage of Helena and

Nands daughter and
Chandragupta Maurya only after taking in writing
Chandra Gupta Maurya :
that Helena’s son shall not ascend the throne of
Love at first sight
Magadh. Hence the historians hint a love affair
between Helena and Chandragupta.
Ashoka Family Tree

It is believed that Chandragupta waged a war

against Seleukos Nikator so that he could marry - Top Posts & Pages -
Helena. The story goes that one day Chandragupta
was going with his gaurds on horse when he saw Helena : The Greek
Helena and her friends playing near a river. Mauryan Princess
Chandragupta was attracted to this young lady and
fell in love with her. He started writing letters to Nand daughter –
her and after sometime she too started Chandragupta Maurya’s
reciprocating his feelings. That is when wife

Chandragupta decided that he had to marry this

Ashoka Family Tree
Greek Princess his love and attacked Seleukos
Nikator. Seleukos Nikator was defeated and he
Chandragupta Maurya
gave Helena’s hand in marriage to Chandragupta
Helena Love story
Maurya in 305 B.C. Chandragupta Maurya gave
500 elephants as gifts to his father in law Seleukos Chandra Gupta Maurya -
Nikator and he in return gave him large parts of Family Tree
Afghanistan and Persian Empire. Chandragupta
and Helena had a son from their union. Bindusara: Birth Story

In 289 B. C. at the age of 56 years Chandragupta Nigrodha and Ashoka - A

Maaurya abdicated his throne to his son Bindusara meeting that changed

and embraced Jainism and left for Emperor Ashoka

Shravanabelegola in Karnataka where he

Devi : Ashoka's first wife
meditated for 2 years and fasted unto death in 287
B.C. Helena stayed back with Bindusara after
Chandragupta v/s
Chandragupta’s abdication and later left to Greece
Dhananand – Magadh war
where she died.
Bindusara Family Tree

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7 thoughts on “Helena :
The Greek
Mauryan Princess”
NEIL MAGEDARAGAMAGE
October 1, 2020 at 7:58 pm

Bindusara’s son Ashoka sent a Buddhist

mission to Sri Lanka led by Ashoka’s son,
Mahinda Thera. At that time Sri Lanka was
ruled by King Thissa. Ashoka offered the King
of Sri Lanka his title “DEAVANAPIYA”
meaning LOVED BY GOD, according to
chronicles. Both Mahinda and King Thissa
spoke in a language each other understood.
Also I heard that Pandukabhaya, a former
king of Sri Lanka who was the great
grandfather of Thissa was born in India and
related to Chandragupta. Then Thiissa and
Ashoka are related. Can you find any evidence
to prove this relationship? Many thanks for
your kind attention.

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ADITHYA B
August 26, 2020 at 3:49 am

Hi

First of all, you have a wonderful blog, I

simply like reading your blog. I will contribute
my part to support your works.

I am curious to know if Chanakaya really did

say that “Son of a foreign mother cannot be
an emperor”? If yes, It would be interesting to
read excerpts of the text that refers to such a
thing.

Looking forward to your response

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ANGEL
August 27, 2020 at 3:41 pm

No books of mauryan era exist as they

were burnt in raids in india. Only
information is from foreign books like
Megasthanese and pillars or stupas.
Whether Helena had a son is debatable
point. Helena’s son cannot be heir
anyways because he was younger son of
Chandragupta Maurya. He had many
elder brothers who were before him in
line of succession. So Justin could not
become emperor. Hence Chankya
bringing this point is not possible. What
Chankya would have told is that Helena
cannot become Chief Queen and Empress
of Maurya as she was a foreigner. Thats
possible.

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ROSHRANTS
April 3, 2020 at 5:31 am

This is well written. What is the source you’ve

referred to, on which this is based?

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ANGEL
April 5, 2020 at 6:15 pm

Chandra gupta Maurya and his times by

Willam Meyers, Ancient India by
Megasthenes, Invasion of India by Arrian
etc

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SURAJ RATHOD
April 1, 2019 at 4:53 pm

Awesome. You should write something about

medieval history too.
Thanks for this.

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ANGEL
April 10, 2019 at 6:15 pm

Thanks for liking the content. I have

already written on mughals. I would
definetly like to write in future on Asian
history and Indian history

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