Name Durdhara Maurya Issue Keshnak, Bindusara Religion Jainism Parents Amitanita, Dhana Nanda Mother Amitanita | Father Dhana Nanda Children Bindusara Dynasty Mauryan dynasty Died 320 BC, Pataliputra | |
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Burial 320 BCEPataliputra, Magadha Role Chandragupta Maurya's ex-wife Spouse Chandragupta Maurya (m. ?–321 BC) Similar People Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, Dhana Nanda, Chanakya, Ashoka | ||
Grandchildren Ashoka, Susima, Vitashoka | ||
Chandra Nandini: Saanvi Talwar Enters as Chandragupta Maurya's (Rajat Tokas) wife Durdhara
Durdhara was the wife of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the 4th-century BCE Maurya Empire of ancient India, according to the 12th century CE Jain text Parishishtaparvan by Hemachandra. She is stated by this text to be the mother of the second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara.
Nothing is mentioned or known about Durdhara outside of this legend written 1,600 years after Chandragupta's era. Other sources, such as the Burmese Buddhist records do not corroborate the Jain legend. Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador in the final years of Chandragupta's court, does not mention Durdhara nor use the name Bindusara, but refers to Chandragupta's successor as Amitrochates, while the Hindu scholar Patanjali calls him Amitraghata (meaning "vanquisher of foes"). Scholars consider the Bindusara of Jain texts to be same as Amitrochates.