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EMPEROR SAMPRATI
From Avanti prince
Kunal sends his homage to his father.
Patliputra today celebrates the victory of Emperor Ashoka. In a large hall the emperor sits on a high throne. On two sides sit his ministers, state-priest, commander-in-chief, other dignitaries and
thousands of citizens. A messenger enters with a letter in a golden tray
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Adhiyatam Kumarah
The Emperor instructed his secretary to write a letter and retired to his palace.
After sometime the secretary brought the letter. The Emperor read it and added a line
(educate the prince).
I will also write my blessings to the prince in a letter.
It was meal-time. Leaving the letter the emperor left for the dining room. Queen Tishyarakshita looked around and found herself alone. She took a needle and with the collyrium from her eyelids put a black dot on the emperor's message."
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Then he put his seal on the letter.
She put the letter back and went to the dining room.
# Kunal was the son of Emperor Ashoka's deceased senior queen. On her death-bed, the emperor had promised her that Kunal will be his successor. Tishyarakshita and other queens wanted to kill Kunal. Aware of this, the emperor shifted Kunal, away from Patliputra, to Avanti Jain for security reasons. For Private & Personal Use Only
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