- Bindusara was called by the Greeks as “Amitragatha” meaning slayer of enemies
- He is said to have conquered the Deccan up to Mysore
- The Sangam Tamil literature confirms the Mauryan invasion of the far south
- Bindusara received Deimachus as ambassador from the Syrian king Antiochus I
- He supported the Ajivikas, a religious sect. Bindusara appointed his son Asoka as the governor of Ujjain