Meanwhile a lot had happend at Patliputra. It had a new ruler now.Mahapadma had nine sons among whom Dhanaanda was the eldest. After the death of Mahapadma he descended on the throne. Acharya Shaktar was minister in Mahapadma day. He continued in the ministry of Dhanananda and later became Prime minister.Many of the important persons […]
Now it was time for Chandragupta to fight his own war. He raised an army of youth who were not happy with Nanda rule. There also were a large number of broken soldiers who made up his army. These broken soldiers belonged to armies who had engaged in battle that had been raging in the
Chanakya impressd upon Chandragupta the importance of proper academic education for a person who was an aspirant to the throne.Some historians believe that Chanakya took Chandragupta to Taxila and got him graduated from that universtiy. Others dismiss this theroy on the ground that Taxila was already taken over by Greek armies of Alexander and it
Emperor Nandavardhana was the last in the dynasty of Shishnaga to rule Magdha. He ruled by tyranny and debauchry. His aim was to destroy the nearby fiefdoms and Kingdoms mainly to take their women. Nandvardhana had insatiable hunger for woman.Once he was touring his kingdom ontensibly for the purpose of stydying the condition and welfare
The die had been cast.Now it was not safe for Chanakya to linger on in Patliputra. The kings soldiers were sure to come after him to deal him the punishment for offending the king and the royal court. He disguised himself as a sadhu and left the city. He was able to give a slip
The summer had passed. Monsoon was looming large on the skies. One day on a dark night the commanders told their soldiers that Alexander wanted them to cross Vitasta (Jhelum) river younder which lay Kaikya kingdom. Greek army was to invade Puru’s land. Thousands of Greek soldiers crossed the river in thousands on horse backs
Taxila was the capital of Gandhar kingdom situated between Indus and Jhelum rivers. It was a happy kingdom with Taxila University its pride as everyone knew.The king Puru of the neighbouring kingdom was very jealous of the fame of Taxila. Puru was an ambitious king. His kingdom was known as Kaikya. He already had annexed
After graduating, Chanakya joined Taxila university as a professor. There was no problem for him in getting accepted as a teacher by the time Chanakya reached the final years of his courses. His academic brilliance had become evident to all the fellow students and the teachers. The teacher had already begun to treat him as
The politial scene during Chanakya early period, was not healthy. Infact, it was very disturbing and confusing. The lands were ruled by arrogant kings and the tyrants with the help of the fiefs and the rich mobs who really were exploiting the masses economicaly. The rulers had no constitution or administrative systems. The whims of
Chanakya was the son of thef amed scholar and teacher, Chanak, born to him in the third century B.C. Some historians believe that Chanak was merely his guru and his name Chanakya was derivative of the guru’s name as a tribute to him. The fact is that no authentic record regarding the bio-data of the
After vanquishing France Hitler launched a massive attack on Russia ignoring the no-war pact in June, 1941. Before that German forces had trampled upon Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Hitler’s dream was to take into possession the vast oil reserves of Russia. Germans made progress deep into Russia. By 16th July Germans had reached Smolensk. Hitler
After scoring Victories over Rhineland, Austria, Sudtenland, Czechoslovakia and Denzig entire Poland was vanquished after 21 days of war. Enthused by these victories Hitler pressed on and crushed Holland, Luxemburg and Belgium.Now Hitler was not even listening to the advice of his military generals. He had somehow come to believe that he was the smartest
Hitler’s foreign policy had three clear aims—(1) To destroy Versai Treaty (2) Unification of all Germans (3) Expansion of German Empire.He withdrew from the League of Nations.Sar was merged into Germany because its 90% population wished so.Hitler stopped paying war damages to Allies. In 1935, military service was made compulsory. In 1934, Hitler signed 10
Within a year of his becoming dictator Hitler took away all civil rights of the people, press, radio and educational institutions. Secret police named Gestapo was set up that spread its dreadful net throughout the country. The very name ‘Gestapo’ made the people shiver. Anyone criticizing Hitler was shot dead or tortured to death.In 1933
President Hindenberg didn’t suspect the intentions of Hitler who was covertly planning to become total dictator. He wanted total authority and powers to repair the damages suffered by Germany. His dream was to make German nation mightiest power on the earth.So, he cunningly made President Hindenberg sign the order dissolving the Reichstage. The preparations for