Chandragupta: Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire – India, 319-261 BC - 2008 - GMT Games - New Old Stock

Chandragupta: Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire – India, 319-261 BC - New Old Stock by GMT Games Category:  Board Games Genre:  Strategy Game Year:  2008 2 Players240 Min Playing Time Ages:  12+ DESCRIPTION:      Chandragupta brings the art of war in ancient India to GMT’s “Great Battles in History" Series. Beginning with Chandragupta Maurya’s victories over the Nanda clan, the game follows the brief but rapid rise of the Mauryan dynasty, from Chandragupta’s expulsion of Seleucus from the Indus river valley to the conquest of the last independent kingdom on the subcontinent, Kalinga, by his grandson Ashoka. The Mauryan empire became the largest and most powerful in India’s history – a distinction that would remain unchallenged until the arrival of the Mughals some 1,700 years later. Chandragupta simulates the traditional “four-fold” division of the Indian military system, with the elephant corps reigning supreme, and the hordes of light infantry regarded