''Pracchand Ashok'' is an Indian Hindi-language

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drama television series that aired from 6 February 2024 to 29 March 2024 on

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and

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. It was produced by

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and

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under their banner

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and is directed by Santram Verma. Starring

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as Samrat Ashok and

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as Rajkumari Kaurvaki, the story-line is loosely based on the life of Samrat Ashok.

Plot

The series starts with a voiceover that says, "A lot of kings were born in Bharat and they all had their truths open but one story had so many facets that the real truth remained hidden. It is a story about a brave king, the king who was king of kings, the most courageous king, the bravest soldier, the king who brought light in this world. But the light in his world was brought by a princess called Kaurwaki". Their story started when King Bindusar's wife Dharma gave birth to the bravest king but it was not an easy birth. His birth night was dark and had many secrets buried during that night. The painful story of emperor Ashok started from that very night. The series also explores the life of

Ashok Ashoka (, ; also ''Asoka''; 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third emperor of the Maurya Empire of Indian subcontinent during to 232 BCE. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, ...

, and his love story with

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and Kaurvaki.

Cast

Main

as Samrat

Maurya; Emperor of

Magadha Magadha was a region and one of the sixteen sa, script=Latn, Mahajanapadas, label=none, lit=Great Kingdoms of the Second Urbanization (600–200 BCE) in what is now south Bihar (before expansion) at the eastern Ganges Plain. Magadha was ruled ...

; Bindusara and Dharma's son; Sushim's half-brother; Anandi's brother; Chanakya's student; Devi and Kaurvaki's husband; Mahinda and Sanghamitra's father (2024) **Swarit Bhanushali as Child Ashok Maurya *

as Rajkumari Kaurvaki Maurya; Second Empress of Magadha; Jagannath and Salukhawati's daughter; Mudit's sister; Devi's best friend; Ashok's second wife

Recurring

*Prachi Bohra as Maharani

Maurya; First Empress of Magadha; Kaurvaki's best friend; Ashok's first wife *

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as Rajmata Helena Maurya *

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as Samrat Bindusar Maurya *Manoj Kolhatkar as Acharya

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as Maharani

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"Dharma" Maurya; Queen of

; Priest's daughter; Bindusara's third wife; Ashoka and Anandi's mother; Sushim's step-mother *

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as Maharani Diana Maurya: Bindusar's first wife; Sushim's mother *Aarush Srivastav as Rajkumar Sushim Maurya *Darshana Khandelwal Makhija as Maharani Vimala Maurya: Bindusar's second wife *Dinesh Mehta as Subandhu *

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as Maharaj Chaitraj: Maharaj of

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as Sarvadaman: Mahamantri of

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; Jagannath's younger brother; Revati's husband; Bhadrak's father; Kaurwaki and Mudit's paternal uncle *Ankit Bhatia as Bhadrak *Tanvi Sawant as Rajkumari Anandi Maurya: Bindusar and Dharma's daughter; Ashok's younger sister; Pawan's lover *Unknown as Rajkumar Mudit: Jagannath and Salukhavati's son; Kaurwaki's younger brother; Bhadrak's younger cousin; Sarvadaman and Revati's nephew *Unknown as Revati: Sarvadaman's wife; Bhadrak's mother; Kaurwaki and Mudit's aunt *Kapil Dahiya as Rajkumar Lakshman Maurya: Bindusar's son *Saurabh Kaushik as Rajkumar Padmak Maurya: Bindusar's son *Priya Thakur as Maharani Roopa Maurya: Sushim's wife; a former servant *Aman Gandotra as Pawan: Ashok's friend; Anandi's lover *Ajay Kumar Singh as Maharaj Jagannath: Maharaj of

; Salukhavati's widower; Kaurwaki and Mudit's father; Sarvadaman's elder brother * Surendrapal Singh as Samrat

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (350-295 BCE) was a ruler in Ancient India who expanded a geographically-extensive kingdom based in Magadha and founded the Maurya dynasty. He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. The Maurya kingdom expanded to become an emp ...

*Leena Balodi as Maharani Salukhavati: Jagannath's wife; Kaurwaki and Mudit's mother *Prarthana Mondal as Uma: A servant; Bhadrak's lover *Maera Mishra as Vishkanya

References

External links

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