Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of Maurya dynasty, was the first emperor in the Indian histor Y who is behind the political, economic and cultural unification of our countr Y. He was born in 340 BCE. Nothing can be said decisively about his parents. According to some scholars, he was the stepson of Nanda, the king of Magadha. His mothe, Mura, was a slave girl.