Raja Bhartrihari was sitting in his magnificent court. The ministers and courtiers were in their respective seats. Some affair of the state was under discussion. Some courtiers were expressing their own opinion. The king was consulting his ministers on the points being raised.Suddenly a yogi arrived there in the dress of a monk raising his […]
Stung by the words of Anangasena Raja Bhartrihari sometimes tried to stay in the court for a bit longer time against his wish. Then, he would rush to the palace to be in the arms of his beloved. The queen did not betray any cooling down from her side. She welcomed Raja as before although
Raja Gandharvasena ruled over Malwa Union for many years more assisted by his able sons. Bhartrihari did not disappoint him as the crown prince. He turned out to be extremely loyal son, able administrator and a loving brother. He could trust Vikramaditya with his own life and the younger one could never ever betray the
”The elder prince Bhatrihari also hovered around the life of Vikramaditya alongside parents. He had grown very fond of his younger brother. Only a couple of years separated them in age. They grew up together in each others company. Vikramaditya too loved and respected Bhartrihari as his senior brother. The princes progressed towards the change
Raja Gandharvasena, the ruler of Malwa Union was a very illustrious and valiant one whose glory ever spread throughout the lands. Ujjayani was the glittering capital of Malwa that was often compared with the celestial capital, Amravati.Raja Gandharvasena had three queens. The first queen was called Madanrekha, the second was Saumyadarshana and the third was
He dedicated his entire later life to the cause of Buddhism and at the same time carried out public welfare works of great magnitude. For him subjects were like his own offspring. He always wished for their physical and spiritual well being. He laid roads, sank well and built inns for the convenience of the
Buddhist Sangha organised three grand conventions. The first was held during the life time of Buddha himself in the Emperor’s palace. Emperor Ajatshatru bore the entire expenses of the event. It was attended by hundred of thousands of monks, nuns and other faithfuls. The year was 487 B.C.The second convention was held at Vaishali exactly
First Engraving—This holy message engraving had been ordered by the favoured one of gods, Priyadarshi king Ashoka. Here (in my kingdom) no animal will be killed for religious rites and no social event (fair, celebration or meeting) shall be held in which animal sacrifice is offered because the favoured one of the gods sees many
As Buddhist Emperor, Ashoka spent most of his time in spreading Buddha’s message of love, compassion, peace, and non-violence. These message he got engraved on rock faces, stones, pillars and the cave walls.All the discovered engravings are classified in eight sections according to the chronological order. The sections are as the following—Minor Stone Engravings—These minor
Dearest Sir,I wished to share the marital bliss all my life with you. But you denied me that chance or wish. Now the whole life and the world looks a purposeless exercise to me. When you took leave of me at Vidisha a promise was made that you will stay away from bloodshed. You failed
After the Kalinga war Ashoka had a change of heart. He was a transformed person. Now he detested bloodsheds, wars, violence and hatred. He admitted to being a power hungry degenerate.How he would love to have Vidisha by his side! Ashoka had made up his mind to listen to all the advises of his dear
Emperor Ashoka was a very ambitious person. He believed in the further expansion of the empire. His theory was that it was the duty of every Emperor to add to the legacy as his contribution to justify his tenure. He had grandiose plans of his own and he began to put his plans in actions.For
After restoring the law and order Ashoka was able to bring back peace to Ujjaini. The situation remained under control and he won the confidence of the people. Strangely the people love strong rulers and respect them. Ashoka too earned popularity.Ashoka and Vidisha lived in the palace very happy in each other’s warmth of love
The marital bliss had filled Ashoka with a strange new energy. Thus newly energized Ashoka reached the outskirts of Ujjaini accompanied by his bride Vidisha. They had to camp outside the city with their army.They could not enter the town as it had fallen to the rebels. The rebel flags were flying high all over
Suryaratna went to the town and it took little time for him to ferret out the information. He merely had to give a reference to the bevy of the beauties that had gone to Chaitya Vihara. He was back in the camp after only a couple of hours.He straight away reported to the Prince. His