Regardless of his moral standing, Chandragupta undoubtedly benefited from Chanakya's  advice.

不管他的道德地位如何，Chandragupta 无疑从 Chanakya 的建议中受益。

Chanakya raised the young Chandragupta for greatness and embedded  in him the desire to overthrow the Nanda Empire.

Chanakya 将年轻的 Chandragupta 培养成伟人，并在他心中植入了推翻南达帝国的愿望。

A marriage alliance strengthened the treaty, with  Chandragupta marrying one of Seleucus's daughters.

婚姻联盟加强了条约，Chandragupta 娶了 Seleucus 的一个女儿。

As Alexander the Great's power in the region began  to wane, Chandragupta began consolidating land.

随着亚历山大大帝在该地区的力量开始减弱，旃陀罗笈多开始整合土地。

Chandragupta's son, Bindusara, inherited  the stable and economically viable kingdom.

Chandragupta 的儿子 Bindusara 继承了稳定且经济上可行的王国。

Rather than focusing on power, Chandragupta ruled for his people.

Chandragupta 不是专注于权力，而是为他的人民统治。

By the time of his death in 297 BCE, Chandragupta  had all but united India.

到公元前 297 年去世时，旃陀罗笈多几乎已经统一了印度。

Chandragupta  expanded the empire's borders to Persia, clashing with a burgeoning empire headed by one  of Alexander's generals, Seleucus I Nicator.

Chandragupta 将帝国的边界扩展到波斯，与亚历山大的一位将军 Seleucus I Nicator 领导的新兴帝国发生冲突。

Chandragupta's maternal uncles left him with a cowherd but was  eventually sold to a hunter as a cattle herder.

旃陀罗笈多的舅舅留给他一个牧牛人，但最终被卖给猎人当牧牛人。

Other sources claim Chandragupta was the  illegitimate son of a prince or king of the Nanda dynasty.

其他消息来源称旃陀罗笈多是难陀王朝王子或国王的私生子。

The  book, rediscovered in 1905, was essentially Chandragupta's guide to political success.

这本书于 1905 年被重新发现，基本上是旃陀罗笈多的政治成功指南。

His death left a huge power vacuum in the region, and Chandragupta  was charismatic enough to take his place.

他的死在该地区留下了巨大的权力真空，而旃陀罗笈多的魅力足以取代他的位置。

According to both Greek and Latin historians,   Chandragupta met with Alexander.

根据希腊和拉丁历史学家的说法，旃陀罗笈多会见了亚历山大。

When the last of Alexander's representatives  left India, Chandragupta expanded into the Punjab region, becoming ruler there in 322 BCE.

当亚历山大的最后一位代表离开印度时，旃陀罗笈多扩张到旁遮普地区，并于公元前 322 年成为那里的统治者。

But Chandragupta's achievements weren't purely  his own, and he owed much of his political success to his mentor and advisor Chanakya.

但旃陀罗笈多的成就不完全是他自己的，他的政治成功在很大程度上要归功于他的导师和顾问 Chanakya。

While little is known about his life before founding an empire, there are  many stories about how Chandragupta came to power.

虽然对他在建立帝国之前的生活知之甚少，但关于旃陀罗笈多如何掌权的故事很多。

After winning with force, Chandragupta kept power with an effective administration and  created a secret service that helped destroy the sources of Nanda's power.

在以武力获胜后，旃陀罗笈多通过有效的行政管理保住了权力，并创建了一个帮助摧毁难陀权力来源的秘密机构。

According to some, the meeting  did not go well, ending with Chandragupta seeing the Macedonian conqueror as just as  tyrannical as the one he wanted to overthrow.

据一些人说，会议进行得并不顺利，最后旃陀罗笈多认为马其顿征服者和他想要推翻的人一样专横。

Traditional texts state that following  the meeting, Chandragupta was woken from his sleep by a lion gently licking him, which was taken  as a sure sign that he would rise to royalty.

传统文献称，会面后，旃陀罗笈多被一头轻轻舔着他的狮子从睡梦中惊醒，这被认为是他将晋升为皇室的明确标志。