Chankaya Hindi Serial Volume 1 of 8 (Episode 1 to 6)Chanakya is a highly acclaimed 47-part television series directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi which was originally telecast on Doordarshan in 1990. It is an account of the life and times of the Indian economist, strategist and political theorist Chanakya and is based in the time period 340 B.C - 320 B.C and the King Chandragupta Maurya. It depicts the decline of Nanda and the rise of Maurya dynasty in the Bharat region. This volume consists of 6 Episodes, - Gives brief history of period before Maurya Empire and introduction to the current time (Nanda dynasty). - Till the time when Kakeyi invades part of Taxila