In fact, as mentioned above she was not even a princess.Īlso Read : Everything about Durdhara – The Wife of Chandragupta Maurya Durdhara Wasn’t a Spoil of the War But now that we have nothing concrete, it is sure that Durdhara wasn’t a warrior princess. There would have been some instances in the chronicles that would have been her testimony. However, if Chandragupta Maurya’s wife would have been a warrior princess, we would have known. Obviously, we will see her with training with swords and other weapons in the serial. The makers of Chandra Nandni are emphasizing that Nandini was fearless, courageous, brave and a warrior princess. She, in fact, was Chandragupta’s cousin – the daughter of his eldest uncle (mother’s brother).Īlso Read: Everything about Nandni – The Warrior Princess of the Mauryan Era! Nandni of Chandra Nandni is a War Princess, Durdhara Wasn’t! On the contrary, Durdhara wasn’t Dhana Nanda’s daughter. Now Dhana Nanda is the same king of the Nanda Dynasty whom Chandragupta Maurya had defeated with the help of Chanakya to build the very foundation of the Mauryan Empire. In the serial Chandra Nandni, the makers have shown Nandni (Shweta Basu Prasad) as King Dhana Nanda’s daughter.

Nandni is Dhana Nanda’s Daughter Whereas Durdhara was Chandragupta Maurya’s Cousin Moreover, not naming the character as Durdhara gives the writers some creative advantage. Though the role of Nandini has been inspired from Durdhara, there are no such documents and/or texts that can hint any connection between the two.īasically, Nandni is just a fictional character created with a motive to ascend the curiosity amongst the historical fictional lovers. The name of Chandragupta Maurya’s wife was not Nandni but Durdhara. Image Courtesy: via Twitter Nandni of Chandra Nandni is Fictional Though everything looks great, there are few questions that are troubling almost everybody – Who was Nandini? Was She Durdhara? Or whether Nandni and Durdhara are two different people? If you too are wondering the same, do look into the analysis of why Nandni cannot be Durdhara. And now that another talented actor Shweta Basu Prasad is giving him company as his partner, we are sure the serial Chandra Nandni will be a chartbuster. No wonder, we know what a brilliant actor he is. Besides, the fact that Rajjat Tokas is essaying the character of Chandragupta Maurya simply increases our happiness by twofold. After watching Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on TV, we will now get to witness the story of his grandfather, the founder of the Mauryan Empire – Mahaan Samrat Chandragupt.

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