Chandragupta

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
"Moon Protector" or "Protected by the Moon"
Scripts(How to write)
चंद्रगुप्त
मौर्य(Hindi)
Pronunciation
Chandragupta
Maurya

cartoon of the name Chandragupta
Cartoon of Chandragupta

Chandragupta Name meanings & History

"Moon Protector" or "Protected by the Moon". Chandragupta Maurya (c. 321 - c. 297 BCE), known as Sandrokottos (or Sandrokottos) to the Greeks, was the founder of the Maurya dynasty (4th to 2nd century BCE) and is credited with the setting up of the first (nearly) pan-Indian empire. Aided by his mentor and later minister Chanakya or Kautilya (c. 4th century BCE), he set up a vast centralized empire, details of whose functioning, society, military and economy are well preserved in Kautilya’s Arthashastra.

Zodiac Sign of Chandragupta: Change Scorpio,Challenge Capricorn

Synonyms of Chandragupta:

C: Copycat,Candid,Chatty,Clever,Cute,Curious,Choice

H: Heart's Desire,Hyper,Hobnobbing,Haggle,Hope

A: Assertive,Angry,Action,Ambitious,Argumentative,Aggressive

N: Neat,Nitpicking,Nagging,Nutrition,Nervous,Neurosis,Nice

D: Determined,Demanding,Dutiful,Daddy,Domestic,Doting

R: Reason,Resourceful,Restless,Rational

G: Gregarious,Goof-off,Go-getter,Genuine

U: Unity,Undermining,Universality,Understanding,Utopia

P: Pensive,Political,Partnership,Particular,Passive

T: Doubting Thomas,Testy,Tireless,Touchy,Talkative,Truth,Tacky

Chandragupta is:

  • a Informal name
  • a Serious name
  • a Wholesome name
  • a Youthful name