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Cakya interrupting him, said, "No, no Candragupta! Do not do that. You, without any hesitation, allow her to sit in your chariot. The breaking of the six spokes of the wheels is a very good omen for you and for your future generations. It implies that up to six generations your dynasty will rule the country continuously.”
"Just as you wish Lord!" saying this Candragupta bowed down to Cakya's command and allowed the princess to sit in the chariot.
Soon after, Candragupta and Pravartaka began portioning among themselves, the immense fortune of Dhanananda. Just then, an extremely captivating and extraordinarily beautiful damsel, from the seraglio of Dhanananda was presented in front of them. King Pravartaka was completely besotted by her beauty. Their marriage was arranged on the advice of C akya. During the wedding ceremony, when the bride's hand was placed in the hand of the groom their hands were sweating profusely, as they were in front of the sacred fire. As she was a poisongirl (Vi a-kany), the mere contact of her fatal poisonous sweat had a quick effect on Pravartaka. Ultimately as a result of the fatal poisonous sweat, king Pravartaka lost his life. In this manner when Pravartaka died without any efforts, Candragupta became the sole and unrivalled lord of the entire wealth and kingdom. Thus in 215 V.N. (312 BC), when c rya Sth labhadra attained heavenly abode, in the same year, the end of Nand dynasty, the death of Pravartaka, and the coronation of Candragupta Maurya as the unrivalled king of the vast empire of P al putra and of Parvatak's kingdom took place. Candragupta put an end to Nanda rule and established Mauryan dynasty in P al putra in 215 V.N. (312 BC)
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