According to Romila Thapar, the timeline of accession of Chandragupta Maurya,
the founder of the Maurya dynasty, was 321 B.C. She further has averred that
Termination of Maurya rule occurred in 185 B.C. when the last ruler Brahadaraath
Maurya was murdered by his Brahmin- Commander in Chief, Pushyamitra Sunga,
However, other historians give 323 B.C. as foundation date and 187 B.C as termination date.