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Emperor Chandragupta.
Building an empire is not easy, especially when there are enemies everywhere and no one you can trust. India, 326 BCE. The world's greatest conqueror, Alexander, the Greek emperor, is at its doorstep, having arrived at the Indus seeking to establish his dominion over the entire known world. In the east lies Magadha, ruled by the Nandas, a dynasty driven by greed, lust and hunger for power. From the embers of that lust and avarice a boy has been born, raised by a tribe of peacock-tamers – a boy named Moriya forced by the Nanda clan to be on the run. Aided by Chanakya, a political strategist at odds with his former rulers, who trains him in the ways of the world and christens him Chandragupta, the young man ventures across the vast Magadhan empire to form an army of his own and seek out the foreign invader. But being a warrior prince, he finds, comes at a heavy price – assassins appointed by the Nanda kings will stop at nothing to eliminate him, a rival prince seeks revenge through cruelty and friends are no longer what they seem… This is the story of a youth who must fight against all odds – within and without – to become one of the greatest emperors ever known. This is the story of Chandragupta Maurya.
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Emperor Vikramaditya...
Love. Family. Home. Chandra has sacrificed it all at the altar of duty. now, he has to choose between duty and justice.India, fourth century CE. Peace reigns in the land of Magadha, under the rule of Emperor Samudragupta. New alliances are made every day, trade and the arts flourish, and Chandra - the young prince - leads his father's horse across the length of Bharatvarsha as a part of the Ashwamedha yagna, cementing the emperor's influence.The kingdom is at its peak, but Chandra's thoughts are clouded, his heart heavy. As his elder brother, Ramagupta, prepares to take their ageing father's place on the throne, Chandra, bound as he is to obey the future king, wrestles constantly with his brother's decisions - decisions he believes are inimical to the stability of the empire.And so begins a tale of conflict between two brothers: one drunk on power, buoyed by the unmitigated support of the Pataliputra court, the other a seeming outsider in the palace, who yet commands people's loyalty and love. And when an enemy unlike any before rises to challenge the Guptas' might, Chandra must overcome his demons in order to protect his people and become a king in his own right - he must become Vikramaditya.