Listening to the advice of Chanakya, Chandragupta attacked the borders first and

started taking them under his control. Chandragupta tried to train the forest
people who were roaming purposeless and included them in their army. When
the army was completely ready, Chanakya decided to take out the gold coins
which he had hidden in the forest and provided all the necessary goods and
armor to the army. By doing this Chanakya strengthened the army but some of
the smaller kings on the border did not agree to join Chandragupta’s army.
Chanakya killed such kings by poisoning girls. ( According to a popular legend
mentioned in Jain texts, Chanakya used to mix small doses of poison in the food
from a very early age, he had poisoned some girls with food and had transformed
them into poison girls also called Vishkanya. A kiss of poison girls was enough to
kill the enemy’s king. Chanakya took very smart and calculative moves and took
control of all the border places which were under the leadership of Nanda.
“Thinking about the enemy in anger is of no use.” Chanakya started thinking
calmly and used a new strategy to overcome the enemy. Seeing the correct time,
Chandragupta attacked Magadha capital Pataliputra and successfully killed
Dhanananda. After the death of Dhana Nanda, Chandragupta established the
Mauryan Empire by overthrowing the Nanda dynasty. In this way, Chanakya’s
dream of a united Indian empire became true. At the same time, his revenge on
Dhana Nanda was also over.
Chanakya became the prime minister of Chandragupta when he became the
emperor of the Maurya Empire. Chanakya created a competent cabinet for
strong governance in the empire. He provided separate ministries to all the
ministers. He also provided all the possible facilities for the welfare of the
citizens. Chanakya also appointed female bodyguards to Chandragupta along
with male bodyguards. Chandragupta Maurya became the first king to have
female bodyguards in his empire. Due to concerns over Chandragupta’s life,
Chanakya used to feed him a small amount of poison in his food since his
childhood. He used to add some poison to his meal. One day Chandragupta’s
wife Durdhara mistakenly had his meal. Durdhara got into the jaws of death by
eating that poisoned food. She was pregnant at that time. Watching that
Chandragupta was sitting in fear of losing his wife and child, Chanakya cut off
Durdhara’s womb and took out the baby from her belly. The child's body was
covered with many bloodstains. That is why that child was named Bindusara.