Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by his son Bindusara. The Jain scholar
Hemachandra and Tibetan historian Taranath say that Chanakya outlived
Chandragupta and continued as a minister of Bindusara. From Divyavadana it
come to know that Bindusara appointed his eldest son Sumana as his viceroy
at Taxila and Ashoka at Ujjain.
It also tells that a revolt broke
out at Taxila and when it could not be suppressed by Susima Ashoka was
sent to restore peace. Some scholars give the credit of south India
conquest to Bindusara but most scholars believe that this was done by his
father Chandragupta Maurya. Bindusara continued the policy of friendly
relations with Hellenic world. Pling mentions that Ptolemy Philadelphus of
Egypt sent Dionysius as his ambassador to his court.