Sahajanandaghana Gurugatha

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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secondary reason of the war and not the real one. Even without happening of this event, the war of Vaishali might have taken place with Magadha, because state of Magadha was craving for a greater kingdom right from the times of King Shrenika. Ideologically speaking also, Republics of Mallaki and Lichhavi existing on the Northern part of the Ganges had become thorns on their eyes, since the expansion of their Empire was not possible till the existence of those Republics. The state of Magadha even being expanded into the East could not be expanded further in the North in the time of Shrenik.
The responsibility of fulfilling this dream had come on the shoulder of Kunik after the death of Shrenik. Infect, it was Kunik only who had brought the state of Anga to the control of Magadha and shifted his Capital to Champa from Rajgriha. This only was the reason of Kunik not parting with half Kingdom to Bihalla. Somehow or other, he had to destroy all the nine Lichhavi, Mallaki and eighteen Republics of Kashikoshal in the North, without which it was not possible for Magadha to see its dream fulfilled."
I said- "This is O.K., but these all are only historical stories. What relationship does your life has with them?"
The Cobra said. "There is, that is why I am telling these all. This was not any ordinary war. This was 'Sarvik' that mean Great War. Possibly India did not witness such a Great War after the Mahabharata War. Since a long time, Magadha was making preparations for this War. Just like Mahamatya Basakkar, there was one role of mine also in this preparation."
I sat down a little consciously awakened thinking that some new fact of the history will be evolved. I said "To fight with Vajjis, Basakkar only had got the Fort constructed in Patli-Gram (Patli Putra or Patna)."
Page 6 The Cobra said "Yes, I was staying in the Patli Gram. I was an Iron Smith, manufacturing the weapons of Iron. Afterwards being persuaded by Basakkar, I got busy in manufacturing weaponry and not for preventing the invasion of the Vajjis. Because the Northern Republics had no courage at all to invade Magadha. There was one reason for this also and that was the Iron wealth of Magadha. This wealth was not possessed by the Northern Republics, apart from this, they had no unity amongst them. Quarrels were constantly going on between them. They realized afterwards that they will not be able to fight with Magadha if they had no unity. Even if they got united they could not get saved. They got destroyed by the special weapon which !