India, 4th century BCE. In the city of Taxila a college professor sees his country under double threat: from the west Alexander Magnus advances with his army for the conquest of the whole region while in the east the cruel emperor Dhana Nanda approaches with the same objective. Determined to protect his country, the "pandit" travels to Pataliputra, capital of the Nanda Empire, where he meets a young prince whose father was dethroned. Based on real facts, MAURYA relates the epic trajectory of Kautilya and Chandragupta in the formation of one of the greatest empires of antiquity.