जुदि चन्द्रगुप्तया कर्णाकटयाव नागारसारनायनि महरै गावनि जिउ फोजोबनायनि जैन दोरोंखौ नंगुबै सान्नाय जायो, अब्ला बेबायदि नुसारोदि चन्द्रगुप्तया खोला फारसे जै खालामनायखौ जागाय जेनदोंमोन।
If the Jain tradition about Chandragupta ending his life as a renunciate in Karnakata is considered correct, it appears that Chandragupta initiated the southern conquest.