Empress consort of the Maurya Empire | |
Succession: | Empress Consort of the Maurya Empire |
Death Date: | After 232 BCE |
Dynasty: | Maurya |
Spouse: | Ashoka (m. 268 BCE) |
Issue: | Kunala |
Religion: | Buddhism |
Padmavati was an empress and third wife of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka and the mother of his second son, the Crown Prince Kunala. She was also the grandmother of Emperor Samprati.