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489:, which, per Bhargava, was "probably based on events which actually occurred". Having won power with the help of independent tribes and principalities, Chandragupta promptly evades the pre-war promises he had made them. Betrayed, the tribal chieftains rise against Chandragupta. The revolt is led by the son of Parvataka, named Malayaketu, with the help of five other chiefs and an ex-minister of the Nanda regime named Rakshasa. Chanakya gets to work, employing "cunning" against the rebels, e.g. he has several of Malayaketu's allies poisoned and uses guile to sow dissension among the tribes. The game uses the Indian military camp, as described by Kautilya in the 453:. This inaugural battle did not go well for Chandragupta, as he and his insurgents brashly attacked the capital without having consolidated their power base among the "hereditary" (i.e. Maula) military class. By all accounts they were defeated, forcing them to regroup in the countryside to build up their military strength and political support. The game posits a set-piece battle, with the Nandan imperial army facing down a rebellion of Chandragupta's mercenaries and allied insurgents on the plains outside of 467:, ca 317 BC—Though Ugrasena Nanda apparently was a great conqueror and able ruler, his rich and powerful sons were not. As Ugrasena grew older, his sons' greed and corruption became intolerable. Using this as well as the Nanda's lowness of birth to drum up popular support of their rebellion, Chanakya and Chandragupta began to broaden their anti-Nanda coalition among the freedom-loving clans and princes of 27: 583:. On the east bank of the Indus Chandragupta confronts him. With his back to the river, Seleucus fought to what was possibly a tactical draw, but it was a strategic loss. Having gambled so far from home but failing to achieve a victory, Seleucus is "gifted" 500 war elephants from the Mauryan emperor in exchange for the surrender of his possessions in the Indus valley, 138: 686:
he had won; at twilight he saw heaps of dismembered bodies of soldiers and animals, heard the cries of wounded, witnessed the anguish of women searching the dead for their husbands and sons. As the story is told, the slaughter filled Ashoka with such anguish he changed from Chandashoka ("Ashoka the Terrible") to Dharmashoka ("Ashoka the Pious"), and converted to
668:, 261 BC—Ashoka was the proconsul of Takshashila prior to his ascension to the throne, which he seized – as legend has it – as outcome of a fratricidal struggle that he waged after his father became ill. There is no clear evidence, but some scholars suggest that Ashoka is the son of Bindusara and the Greek princess Helen, daughter of Seleucus. 523:. When Eudamus treacherously has Puru murdered, a native revolt begins. Chandragupta transforms the revolt into an organized military action against Takshashila. Eudamus is not committed to this battle – his joint rule with Ambhi was meant to be temporary, but his permanent appointment as satrap was never made. He quits India to later help 614:, while proconsul of Takshashila, was commissioned by his father Bindusara with the task of restoring order during a popular revolt against "wicked officials" (i.e. high-handed oppression by local ministers). The "official" history takes pains to reassure that the people were not opposed to the "Kumara or even king Bindusara." 710:, Editor & Publisher), which provided two "alternative history" scenarios. The first, "Ganges River," speculates a battle between the army of Alexander the Great and the Nandan army at the banks of the Ganges River (which did not happen historically due to the mutiny of Alexander's troops at the 334:
series, rules for leadership and command and control are emphasized, and players have the opportunity (depending upon leader quality) to conduct "extra" moves and/or "trump" an opponent, effectively cancelling activation of an opponent's leader. Combat results generally result in rout and/or retreat,
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the Kalingan army was defeated. Records affirm that 100 thousand were slain, 150 thousand were deported (enslaved), and many times that number died thereafter. It is said that the river Daya nearby ran red with the blood of the slain. After the battle Ashoka ascended the hillocks to survey the field
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The battle takes place in the valley of the Tamra Nala river, bounded by rugged hills overlooking Takshashila from the east. The centerpiece of the terrain is the city itself – the walled city, with four gated entrances, surrounding dense city blocks of congested dwellings. In the center of the city
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attempts to simulate the differing qualities of morale, leadership, and fighting ability of these various troop classes. Other sub-classes, such as Mitra and Amitra (deserters from enemy armies, prison conscripts and the like), but for interests of playability and simplicity the designers chose not
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Chandragupta and Chanakya had been hostile to non-monarchial states. Many such states, quasi-democratic oligarchies as well as republics, had been weakened by the wars with Alexander, and that weakness made possible the eventual hegemony of the Mauryan Empire. Thus, the Mauryans had always kept a
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world and was known to have had a taste for Greek figs, wine, and philosophy. Little is known, however, about the military conquests of Bindusara. He is generally thought to have consolidated (if not expanded) his father's empire, but from the chronicles of Taranatha, we are told that Bindusara
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represents 300 to 1000 fighting troops, depending on size and type. Since little is known about the terrain, numbers of men or types of units engaged, methods of combat, leaders and so on, these games, despite their high level of detail, remain essentially speculative and fictional in nature.
479:, they find the military support they had been seeking, this time with the help of the chieftain Parvataka and his brother Vairodhaka. The game speculates that the battle took place near a military camp, and provides a model of an ancient Indian military camp on the mapboard. 681:(republic), Kalinga had been originally conquered by Ugrasena Nanda, but regained its independence during the rule of Sahalya, and remained so until the reign of Ashoka Maurya. Eight years after his anointment, Ashoka marched on Kalinga. On a battlefield near the village of 652:
rajya, or realm of the Khashas. The Khashas, whose settlements in the former kingdom of Puru extended from Jhelum to the west of Kashmir, were likely independent principalities united by clan or tribal connections who chafed at Mauryan imperial
351:, or the "four-fold" army consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors, or chariots (rathin), elephants (hastī), and cavalry (aśva). Deployment of the catarangubala remained remarkably consistent throughout the period following the 335:
and victory is achieved by (more commonly) forcing an opponent's army to quit the field when a certain threshold of losses has been achieved, or by (less commonly) obtaining a specific territorial objective.
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are rules for troop classes, based on a classification system with a long tradition preceding the Mauryan era. The classifications were hierarchical. At the apex of the hierarchy were the
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follows the general sequence of the other hex-and-counter style board games, each player taking turns moving units, conducting combat, and resolving combat using an odds-based
1119: 622:, as viceroy of Takshashila, is faced with an uprising by the city's merchant class. Chanakya's forces occupy a portion of the city; the "rebel" forces – a coalition of 690:. For this scenario, the game uses two mapboards as the scene of a large set-piece battle. The terrain represented is based upon topographical maps of the area near 347:
attempts to model specific features of what is believed to have been common features of the Mauryan military system. One of the most distinctive features is the
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by representing the four divisions with distinctive counters whose use in play is governed by specific rules for movement, combat, and command-and-control.
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The game sets the hypothetical battles among tribal strongholds on rugged mountain terrain. According to Sastri the Khashas' strongholds were West of the
591:. Sources suggest that the cession of these territories were treated as the dower of Seleucus' daughter in her marriage to Chandragupta's son, Bindusara. 314:, each hex representing 70 yards of distance. Each turn represents about 15–20 minutes, although the rules are designed assuming a loose time scale. Each 298:, and in so doing, attempts to illuminate the features, challenges, and unique attributes of the Indian military system and culture during this period. 965: 1362: 1342: 595:
The game deploys Seleucus squeezed close to the sands and mud of the Indus River at his back, leaving him with little room to maneuver.
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The designer of Chandragupta (the game) opted to design the scenario with the premise speculating that the aging
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is its temple and palace. The game map is based upon topographical maps drawn by archaeologist J. M. Marshall's
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or "hereditary" troops, who were professional soldiers and largely (though not exclusively) of the
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has ten scenarios which simulate major battles from the founding of the Mauryan Dynasty under
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Using period sources as well as research from largely Indian military historians,
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ca 274 BC—Though he was hailed as "Slayer of Enemies," Chandragupta's son
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Chandragupta: Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire, India 319-261 BC
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Chandragupta: Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire, India 319-261 BC
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Another feature of the ancient Indian military system simulated in
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Hill, the historical battle site and now a Buddhist shrine.
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Welch, Stephen R., "The Rise of the Mauryan Empire,"
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Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire, India 319-261 BC
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Sastri, Mysore, 1923. 411:to represent these additional classes in 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 1102:Welch 2009, Inserts to article, pp 40-43 632:, must rescue the beleaguered Chanakya. 792: 1233:The Elephant in Greek and Roman World 571:, he crosses at the confluence of the 122: 47:Please improve this article by adding 1348:Board wargames set in Ancient history 1084:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 42-46 1021:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 36-41 1003:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 32-35 985:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 28-31 956:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 22-27 929:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 17-21 898:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 12-16 286:and Mark Herman) on ancient warfare. 7: 1287:Welch, Stephen R., "Rules of Play," 1280:Welch, Stephen R., "Scenario Book," 1192:The Military System in Ancient India 1175:(Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987). 1112:, "Jouez Maurya contre Seleucides," 871:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" pp. 8-11 677:. A large and fiercely independent 575:somewhere in the vicinity of modern 853:Welch 2008, "Rules of Play," pp 5-6 1154:(New Delhi: DK Printworld, 1996). 799:Welch 2008, "Rules of Play" p. 2-6 434:waged by Chandragupta's grandson, 14: 1223:The Age of the Nandas and Mauryas 1168:(Calcutta: Punthi Pustak, 1986). 706:, published by RBM Publications ( 1250:Select Battles in Indian History 808:Welch 2008, "Scenario Book" p. 3 406:, or "tribal" levies. The game 290:simulates battles fought by the 136: 25: 1363:Works about Chandragupta Maurya 1243:The Greeks in Bactria and India 1159:The Art of War in Ancient India 282:) series of games (designed by 1343:Board games introduced in 2008 60:"Chandragupta" board game 1: 1171:Dikshitar, V.R. 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Vedic period
Arab invasion

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