Becoming an emperor is not easy, especially when there are enemies
everywhere and no one you can trust
India, third century BCE. A land ruled by powerful dynasties, each
fighting for supremacy over the other, unaware that a conqueror from
Greece has arrived at the country’s doorstep in a bid to establish his
dominion over the entire known world.
In the east, the Magadhan empire is ruled by the Nandas, a clan
driven by a limitless hunger for power and given to violence and
abuse. From the embers of their lust and avarice a boy is born – a
boy named Moriya, raised by a tribe of peacock-tamers and oblivious
of the legacy that is rightfully his...until the day he is sought out by
Chanakya, a wily political strategist looking for vengeance against
the ruthless rulers of Magadha. Under the training and tutelage
of his shrewd adviser, the tentative young man, now christened
Chandragupta, makes his way across the vast plains of Bharatvarsha
to meet the famed invader Alexander and build an army of his own. But being a warrior prince, he finds, comes at a heavy price – of trust
and loyalty and perhaps even his life…
This is the story of a youth who must battle supreme odds – both within
and without – to fulfil his destiny as one of the greatest emperors the
world has ever known. This is the story of Chandragupta Maurya.
everywhere and no one you can trust
India, third century BCE. A land ruled by powerful dynasties, each
fighting for supremacy over the other, unaware that a conqueror from
Greece has arrived at the country’s doorstep in a bid to establish his
dominion over the entire known world.
In the east, the Magadhan empire is ruled by the Nandas, a clan
driven by a limitless hunger for power and given to violence and
abuse. From the embers of their lust and avarice a boy is born – a
boy named Moriya, raised by a tribe of peacock-tamers and oblivious
of the legacy that is rightfully his...until the day he is sought out by
Chanakya, a wily political strategist looking for vengeance against
the ruthless rulers of Magadha. Under the training and tutelage
of his shrewd adviser, the tentative young man, now christened
Chandragupta, makes his way across the vast plains of Bharatvarsha
to meet the famed invader Alexander and build an army of his own. But being a warrior prince, he finds, comes at a heavy price – of trust
and loyalty and perhaps even his life…
This is the story of a youth who must battle supreme odds – both within
and without – to fulfil his destiny as one of the greatest emperors the
world has ever known. This is the story of Chandragupta Maurya.
