After getting banished for killing some people, Ashoka leaves Magada with Dharma and his younger brother.
The story takes a 10 years leap introducing a grown up Ashoka, now known as Chand, he has become a ruthless, angry man who just wants revenge. Ashoka lives with Dharma and his younger brother, Vitashoka in the house of a merchant named Dhaniram.
Dhaniram’s daughter, Devi cares so much about them. Over time, Sushma becomes stronger with the help of the black magic of Charumitra. Siamak has grown into a cool-headed man but thirsts for the death of Ashoka. Ashoka learns that Sushma is taking part in a local wrestling contest and decides to take part in it. He fights as Chand, hoping for a chance to kill Sushma. Dharma and Vit come there and stop Ashok. Bindusara recognizes them, forgives Ashoka, and asks him to come back to Pataliputra.
Soon, Ashoka finds out that illegal slavery has been prevailing in Pataliputra for the last 10 years under the leadership of a mysterious person named Kondana. Ashoka and Chanakya’s Grandson Radhagupta decide to solve this puzzle and after a hard search and via some of his acquaintances and rivals from Ujjain, they find that Kondana’s actual name starts from the letter ‘H’. They then figure out that Kondana is none other than Helena, who is still alive. Ashoka does not have any proof of this fact and is initially ridiculed by everyone. He, along with one of his former acquaintances named Lasandra, come up with an elaborate master plan to expose Kondana.
They succeed and Helena is exposed in the royal court and Siamak is tricked into killing her.
Bindusara decides to get his sons married and invites many princesses, including Kaurvaki. After an elaborate sequence of events, Sushma is married to princess Chanda, and Ashoka is supposed to marry Kaurvaki. But, Jagannath who strongly disapproves of their relationship, insults Bindusara and Dharma publicly and asks them to give him the throne of Magadha if Ashoka marries Kaurvaki.
Ashoka is angered by this and breaks off his marriage with Kaurvaki, marrying Devi instead.
On Ashoka’s wedding night, Siamak attempts to steal the royal stamp so that he can sneak to Takashila but Dharma catches him red-handed. Sushim suffocates and kills Dharma to save himself leaving Ashoka shocked. But, Ashoka finds a piece of a necklace that supposedly belongs to Siamak while gathering Dharma’s ashes.
Ashoka enters Takshashila and kills Siamak, believing he is Dharma’s sole murderer.
In this process, Kaurvaki saves Ashoka but is shocked after learning about Ashoka and Devi’s Intimate relationship. Jaganath throws Karuvaki into a waterfall and blames Ashoka. Ashoka saves Karuvaki, who is in a coma. Sushim reveals Siamak’s real father to Bindusara which causes him cardiac arrest and later death. Khallatak then teams up with Ashoka and reveals to him the only way in which Sushma can be killed.
Sushim confesses to Ashoka that he is the real murderer of Chanakya, Dharma, and Bindusara. In a fit of rage, Ashoka and Sushma engage in a fierce duel. However, Ashoka tricks Sushma into a pit containing lava and kills him. Ashoka is thus crowned as the third emperor of Magadha. A widow Chanda also gets pregnant carrying Shushima’s child and curses Ashoka for her husband’s death. Devi decides to step back from her marriage so that Ashoka and Kaurwaki could live together but Kaurwaki convinces her to go back and return to Kalinga.
Devi gives birth to their son who is named Mahindra in Ashoka’s absence. Later, Devi is pregnant with her second child but Radhagupt and Devi leave Ashoka because Ashoka had turned selfish, with his son. Then, Devi Gives Birth to their Daughter Sanghamitta.
Ashoka then decides to capture Kalinga and wage war against them. He eventually succeeds in capturing Kalinga but in the process, draws a massive amount of bloodshed, killing millions of people. This incident leaves him traumatized by the waste of human lives. He, later on, decides to give up violence and embrace Buddhism. With the help of his children and ministers, he propagates the principles of Buddhism around the world for the welfare of mankind and earns the title of “Ashoka the Great”, also fulfilling Chanakya’s dream of Akhanda turning India into the Greater India. The series ends on a happy note.
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