Rajpur Capital of Kamboj
after 3 days of journey Chandragupta , Digvijay and their friends reached to Rajpur the capital of Kamboj...here i need to say something about Kamboj..
..Kamboj was one of the 16 mahajanapadas of ancient India..but most remote among the all mahajanapadas...ancient kamboj is located in the Vally of hindukush ...its stretched to the pameer highland region...it was in the north-west of Gandhara...its location is in the present Afganisthan...being situated in such a hill region Kamboj never counted as powerful mahajanpad...actually the inhabitants of Kamboj were divided into different clans..so Kamboj never could represent himself as a united kingdom..some clans were of Iranian origin...as throughout the 6th-5thcentury B.C Kamboj and Gandhar region was the part of achaemenid empire of Persia..established by Darayus ...after the fall of Persian power on the hand of Greeks in Greco-Persian war they became free...but unlike Gandhara ...Kamboja couldn't establish himself a united powerful kingdom because of its social structure...and for the geographical location there happened a mixture of indo-iranian culture...though Kamboj had a kshatriya king who ruled the capital Rajpur (modern Rajori) and nearby areas..but the clans specially of the iranian origin refused to accept him as their king..so most of the mountainous clans enjoyed republican govt. in their own area...though because of the peaceful nature of present king those clans show their respect to him and except 1 or 2 they took part in crowning ceremony of prince Digvijay in the capital Rajpur...
Kamboja in spite of being situated in the border of Aryavarta was naturally protected by Hindukush..there was only one way to reach there which was through Gandhara...so only possibility of Kamboja's being attacked by Sikandar was only if Gandhara would be under foreign control as in the time of Persian reign..so king of Kamboja is worried about prince Ambhik's friendly behavior with the yavanas and this is why he is in dilemma to be agree in the proposal of the marrital allignment of Ambhik and princess Durdhara...although Ambhik is also invited to this ceremony...like other neighboring princes...but Ambhik will reach on the day of ceremony...
In The Royal Palace
...in the Royal Palace Chandragupta and his friends have been given a grand welcome...the fame of Chandragupta's bravery has been spread through Digvijay's letter and the spies..so people were gathered to watch him as well as their own prince...the King and Queen accepted him with the love same as they showed to their own son...after all that welcome ceremony...Chandragupta and his friends have been taken to the Atithishala...only Drakshita has been taken to the Andarmahal..Shashank without wasting time concentrated in the food brought by the servants...Aditya , Airavat and Ghanghor went to watch the collection of horses..as traders of Kambojas used to import best quality of Iranian horse from persia...horse trading was one of the main source of income of Kamboj..Akshay and Sukant along with the children of palace went to the garden...and Chandragupta alone was roaming in the palace...from one Mahal to another...first time he is watcing the inner sides of a royal palace..otherwise in his experience of entering in a royal palace was only limited to the king's court and the prison...suddenly a smile flashed in his face by recalling some words long long ago..as if of another birth..when he was standing in front of the royal palace of Magadh..with a great astonishment in his eyes
...kya hum apne ma ke sath is mahal mein reh sakte hai??...
din mein sapney mat dekh valak...
no its not a dream anymore...its an oath now...may be one day it will be true...but he would still remain alone..what if he would live an ordinary life like then..no no he has to get control over his emotion..he has come here to take part in the happiness of his friend..he must not be emotional...
...suddenly Chandragupta realized he has reached to the terrace of the palace...and may be its either side of the palace...he noticed there are colors scattered here and there and brushes and papers are rolling...and there was a paper seems something has been made on it was under the brushes..he sat on his knees and gently tried to lift it..and suddenly a jingling voice shouted from his back
..kaun ho tum??aur kiske anumati se andarmahal mein pravesh krne ki duhsahas kiya??...
..the voice made Chandu thrilled and the paper slipped from his hand a gusty air flowed the paper...
...Digvijay was also excited to see his sister after 5 long years...so after meeting his parents he just ran towards Durdhara's mahal...and when Subhadra brought Durdhara he was just speechless because his little sister has grown up to a beautiful princess...but princess seems a little bit upset...
Digvijay (with overexcitement and happiness): hamare chotisi rajkumari itni badi ho gayi hai..hum to apne ankho pr bhi visvas nhi kr sakte...
Durdhara (turning towards Subhadra) : Subhadra kumar se kehna ke rajkumari ko unse koi baat nhi krni hai...
Digvijay (surprised) : aisa pratit hote hai k hamare Dhara kisi baat se ruthi hui hai...kya humse koi bhul hue hai?
Durdhara : Subhadra keh de inhe k yadi panch varsh dur rehne se koi bhrata apne bhagini ko bhula deta hai to unhe apne behan se baatein krne ki bhi koi adhikar nhi hai..
Digvijay (worried): Dhara ye kya keh rahi hai...tujhe ye kheyal aye kaise k hum tujhe bhula sakte hai??..aap to humesha apne bhrata ke dil me thi...
Durdhara : jhooth ..ab aap k lie apne bhagini se jyada ahmiyat apke mitra rakhte hai..
Digvijay : mere mitra??main kuch samjha nhi (turning towards Subhadra) Bhadra ..Dhara kiske baat kr rahi hai??
Subhadra : vo kumarji aap ne rajkumari ko jo patra likha tha usme rajkumari se baat na krke sirf apne mitra Chandragupta ke pasansa kia tha..isi baat se naraz hai rajkumari
Digvijay (laughing out loud) : bas itni si baat ... Dhara apne to meri jaan hi le li thi...are Chandragupta koi sadharan insan nhi hai ..aap milogi na to aap khud samajh jaogi...parantu uske liye hum apne Dhara ko bhul jaye ye aap ne kaise soch liya??
Durdhara : hume nhi milni hai kisi Chandragupta se jo ek bhrata ko apne bhagini se dur kar de...aap hamare bhrata hai ya fir us Chandragupta ke jo tabse usike stuti kare ja rahe hai...
Digvijay : acha hum swikarte hai k humse bhul ho gaye hai...abse hum sirf apki stuti karenge.. ab to hume kshama kr dijiye ..warna hum aj hi gurukul laut jayenge...
Durdhara (became worried and started crying) : nhi bhratasree aap ab kahin nhi jayenge...(and she hugs Digvijay)
Digvijay (smiles and put his hand on Durdhara's head) : hume to laga tha ke humare behna ab bari ho gayi hai parantu vo to ab bhi utni hi bachi hai jitni panch varsh pehle thi...hum apko chorke kahin nhi jayenge...ab to ansu ponch lijiye Dhara..apko utsav mein bhag lena hai k nahi...
Durdhara now gives a beautiful smile...
Digvijay : ye hui na baat haste hue hamare behan pari jaise sundar lagti hai...
in the meantime some maid servants brought Drakshita in the room...as Digvijay ordered them to do so..
Digvijay : Dhara inse miliye ye hai Drakshita...ye bhi hamare mitra hai...aur Draksita ye hai hamari behan rajkumari Durdhara
Drakshita : pranam rajkumari...(she folded her hands and bent her head...even being a child a princess has to be shown honor by commoners ...its the rule)
Durdhara (holding Drakshita's hand) : tumse milke khushi hui Drakshita..hamare rajmahal me tumhara swagat hai...
Digvijay : aap log ab baatein kijiye ...hum aap se baad mein milte hai...
and he leaves...
Durdhara : Subhadra tum Drakshita ko uske kaksha mein le jao...Hume apne chitra ko pura krna hai...
Subhadra : ji rajkumari...ao Drakshita
and she holds Drakshita's hand and took her with herself...Durdhara walked towards terrace..her painting is almost complete only some finishing touches are left...
after reaching to the terrace she became shocked... a stranger boy is watching her paintings..the boy seems none of the palace..may be he is one of the guest..Durdhara surprised how does he dare to enter into andar mahal..except king and prince no man can enter into andarmahal specially in princess's mahal...nor even any member palace or royal family...then how could he??..as the boy was siitting on his knees with her back towards princess she couldn't see his face..but it seems may be he is younger than her brother...and has a dusky complexion..he took the paper where she made the painting of Subhadra...she couldn't tolerate this and almost screamed in anger...
Durdhara : kaun ho tum..aur kiske anumati se andarmahal mein pravesh krne k duhsahas kiya?
her voice made the boy shocked and the painting slipped from his hand and flowed in the air...Durdhara screamed ...'nhii'...and ran to catch it but her feet slipped in the liquid colours and she couldn't maintain her balance and fell directly on Chandragupta...as everything happened in fraction of seconds so Chandu wasn't ready for this.. he couldn't keep his balance too and fell on the colours with durdhara on him...
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