The correct answer is A) He waged wars to conquer vast territories. Chandragupta raised a large army. The equipment was paid for by taxes on the citizens. He created a bureaucratic government. He also divided the empire into districts. He is credited with bringing together the small fragmented kingdoms of the country and combining them into a single large empire.
Reign of Terror also known as the Great Fear (La Grande Peur), although it didn't start until September 1793. I couldn't find anything else to fit that time frame.
