Pracchand Ashok - Episode Discussion Thread #2 - Page 66

Chandragupta and daughter of Nanda's love story

Originally posted by: Yashikha16

Good for her!

But how painful it must have been for Kunala to take out his own eyes. Why didn't he directly ask Ashoka though!?

Because it was order of Samrat, it would either be his eyes or his life and that too by torture , he knew his father really well, he did not suspect the message 😢😭😞

Chandragupta and daughter of Suluva's story (whether he married for love or alliance is not known, probably he married her way before Nand Nandini and Durdhara but it's Durdhara who held first place among all the queens so chronology didn't matter )

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

Chandragupta and daughter of Nanda's love story

"The accident was very auspicious, as it porte ded that the new dynasty would flourish during nine generations." did the Mauryan dynasty really go that far?

Originally posted by: Yashikha16

"The accident was very auspicious, as it porte ded that the new dynasty would flourish during nine generations." did the Mauryan dynasty really go that far?

There were 9 kings before Brihadrath was assassinated

Originally posted by: NostalgiaLove

There were 9 kings before Brihadrath was assassinated

I thought the son of Ashoka was the last ruler of the Mauryan empire.

Originally posted by: Yashikha16

I thought the son of Ashoka was the last ruler of the Mauryan empire.

Nope, check Wikipedia, Brihadrath was last ruler and he told got assassinated otherwise the dynasty would run for more generations. It's said on Wikipedia he had married daughter of Demetrius but I didn't find a single source yet which mentions this 🙄

Vishkanya who came to kill Chandragupta but mistakenly killed Parvatak, in ParishistParvan she was a girl in harem of Nanda who was cared like a daughter and she was the one who was Vishkanya who killed Parvatak

All are beautiful never knew vishkanya were real

Originally posted by: firewings_diya

All are beautiful never knew vishkanya were real

Vishkanyas were very real, they either were fed small doses of poison and therefore their touch was poisonous or maybe they used poison as a catalyst to kill their targets. A poison maiden was prepared by Nanda's in their harem to kill their target. She was instead used by Chanakya and tricked her to kill Parvatak instead of Chandragupta whom she was aimed to kill. Sources - Mudrarakshasa and ParishistParvan