Name Of Daughter Of Seleucus Nictor,who Was Married With Chandragupta Maury

A treaty was signed between Seleucus and Chandragupta, according to which Chandragupta married to Seleucus' s daughter 'Helen' and in turn agreed to recognize the Seleucid Empire as a legitimate state and gave 500 war elephants as a gift to Seleucus.

After the attack by Seleucus when on Chandragupta empire, when he started losing he offered his daughter Cornelia to marry Chandragupta along with gift of a vast area and on the advice of Chanakya Chandragupta married the daughter of Seleucus, Cornelia, In addition to this matrimonial recognition or alliance, Seleucus dispatched an ambassador, Megasthenes, to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra (Modern Patna in Bihar state).

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name of daughter of seleucus nictor is phila

Seleucus is known to have at least 2 daughters: Laodice and Apama. The birthdate of these daughters is unkown, but following Ancient Greek tradition of naming the first born daughter after her grandmother and the second born after her mother, Laodice was probably the first born. The daughters had to have been born between 323-300 BC.

Seeing as the peace contract between Chandragupta and Seleucus Nicator took place between 305-303 BC, and following Ancient Greek tradition, the daughter should have been at least 15, but preferably between 16-18 for the marriage. This suggests that most likely it was the eldest daughter, Laodice, but it still could have been Apama if she was born before 319 BC.