However the show soon recovers, bringing in brilliant diplomacy tactics, espionage and so on. Shoddy graphics, stretched episodes, a side love story distracting our mighty-to-be -king ruin the fun.

Beyond these, usual tendencies of Indian television intrude a bit.

Performances of lead actors(especially Manish Badhwaa as Chanakya) including the kid Chandragupta are fantastic! Out of the 105 episodes, the first 50 are impeccable. The early texts on one of the greatest Indian kings Chandragupta Maurya (1st) and his mentor Chanakya transcend into a highly inspiring, thrilling and deeply moving TV series. Blown away in each and every episode by the music, the dialogs, the action, the intensity and the wisdom of Chanakya. There is so much more to life than that,Indians! Few times does it happen that a guy like me puts away his 'Peaceful Warrior','Batman Begins' and other movies to catch a show on Indian television.

And for the umpteenth time, these people want you to keep believing that the grandest and most important occupation for all noble people in the country is to keep crying and shouting over spilled tea, property disputes,lost love and so on. A story is stretched until the grand daughter of the protagonist does not reclaim her honor and love. The youth are bombarded with daily soaps with women planning,plotting and scheming to snatch something away in a large business house. The show took on the mantle from the other show Porus and is aired on Sony TV at the same time slot of 8:00 pm.In India, Television is stagnant. He even integrated plenty of learnings and innovation into army and ruling of the kingdom. Chandragupta Maurya was an agile tactician and aided by the like of Chanakya made enormous gains and improvement into the Indian empire. The show takes on how Chandragupta Maurya built such a ferocious empire from bricks and setup such proficiency in battlefield. He lived from 322 BCE to 180 BCE and along with the guidance of Chanakya ousted the Nanda Dynasty and built an empire that was at the time largest Indian outreach empire. The show is a take on the historical legacy and life of Chandragupta Maurya.

Chandragupta Maurya was the Indian emperor who founded the Maurya Empire and established the order of the Maurya Dynastry.

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