18 A new beginning

A palanquin was being brought to a palace. It stopped in front of the royal door. The curtains were moved and a women wearing a red dress, holding her pregnant womb came out. Some soldiers were standing on both the sides of the royal door. As she started walking they made some hand signal. She stopped in her tracks and became alert. Suddenly....

Two of the soldiers attacked her from front but she dodged it. Pulled two of her daggers from both the sides of her waist and stabbed all the four soldiers to death. She asked,

"Who have sent you? By whose command, you got the courage of doing such recklessness? Take them away and shave up their hairs. I want to know who have sent them". A person came out of the palace door to her side.

" Maharani Sambhavija, are you okay? Why don't you listen to me? You are pregnant and already did such a difficult journey and now.... Now I will double up your protection".

"Maharaja Silamban, you can never understand my condition as a male. So, don't even try. I am not just a queen. I am Maharani Chamundi's descendent Maharani Sambhavija. My journey my important to me for being able to keep my authority over my kingdom. I can't lag behind just for my pregnancy. What will my child think? That the mother of the to - be - queen, isn't even able to protect her? Don't forget that this daughter of mine will only rule over the Aryans one day".

At that time, the soldiers came with a man with shaved head.

" Your Radiance, this intruder is been sent by Queen Bhasin".

"Bhasin didn't accept me as a queen, but I also did a big mistake by not taking her life. I just gave her the punishment of seizing all the powers of her. No problem, her death will come, when it will have to come. But her death is to be written by my hands only".

Inside the Dravid Royal Palace----

" Sambhavija, I don't think that Bhasin was able to do this all alone".

"I know, Maharaja. By dividing Dravid Kingdom into small pieces, can the people like Bhasin fight with the Aryans on the other side of Narmada. It's my only aim to bring our land back from the Aryans. Maharani Devsena had also gave up her life 200 years ago just for this cause".

" We all Dravids have been hearing the stories of the bravery of Rani Devsena from our childhood but none one knows who got killed first - Varundev or Maharani Devsena "?

" I have complete faith that she only had killed that Arya chieftain first. She was the countenance of Dravid power. No one can be as brave as her".

"Surely. But there is a question which always distraught me".

" What"?

"Is this true that after their death, we decided our future by tossing of a coin"?

" This is only the truth. It was only decided that if the Aryans will loses, they will return back and if the Dravid loses, they will settle to the south of the Narmada river".

"But, such a big decision, like this! Why"?

" The coin was tossed in the sky and the natural results was the winning of the Dravids, but their Purohit Agnimitra started chanting something and the coin emitted red light and continued spinning. But Hahuma's power was also no less to him. Soon the red light changed into blue. Their Purohit was not sure that he would be able to surpass Hahuma's power so he cheated.

"He used a chanting to make the honeybees hear him. Many honeybees appeared in front of Hahuma and bite her throat. She tried to endure it as much as she can but after all she is also a human. She had to stop her prayer. The Aryans won but by tricking us".

" I can just imagine that Hahuma, who have protected the Dravid Kingdom for 200 years, how much she could have been angry, seeing it decline "!

" Yes, she was very angry. She expressed her anger in the form of a curse, making it the utmost responsibility of every Dravid queen to at least try to complete it. She cursed that the Aryans, who keeps on praising their male gods will kneel in front of a woman. A Dravid woman will regret you for making this kingdom".

"Sambhavija it's been 200 years. When will her words come true"?

" 200 years is not a long period in the history of civilizations Silamban. Just think how much long that travel would have been that Hahuma had to cover. Just think how much difficult would have been each second of that journey. From the Saptasindhu valley up to the Narmada river, taking the whole Dravid Kingdom, bending the head with insult and defeat, just what could had felt by her?

"They have also decided that once in every year, we, Dravid would go to pay a visit to Mahisiamman in the Mahisiya Mountain. But Hahuma knew that Purohit Agnimitra will never allow us to visit up to their, that's why, in the south to the Narmada she chose such a place that from where we could be able to see the Mahisiya Mountain. Near that only, she went inside a cave to meditate saying that we should close the cave and she will give us the signal when to come come out.

" Do you know why she made a statue of Maharani Devsena? She wanted every Dravid child to know who is Maharani Devsena. To inspire from her and to believe in her that one day in future, by the grace of Mahisiamman, she will rebirth. To complete our revenge from the Aryans. To return the Dravids their pride, they once had".

"But still. It has been 200 years? Just when will she come out"?

" Silamban it is not a easy task to get our revenge from the Aryans. In these 200 years, Aryans have been spread in the whole of the North India. They also have a well established kingdom of theirs. Their town Amravati is a well developed Arya town".

"Yes, but don't forget that Aryans have never been successful in establishing all the four lions on their great pillar".

" That pillar was formed by Purohit Agnimitra. When it's base was being prepared, every Arya has given their wealth and their most favorite things believing that the pillar will be the symbol of their affection and devotion towards Aryavarta. In the uppermost part of the pillar, four lions were only established, one facing to each direction. But the lion facing towards the south direction would always break after the construction.

" Purohit Agnimitra felt something and said to the Arya Chieftains that the flame of Aryavarta should be illuminated in every direction of India otherwise none of the lions will be meant anything. They have established Amravati so that they could attack the Dravids at the right time, emerge ourselves in their kingdom and will create an unanimous Aryavarta.

"The super strength of the Dravids lie in their unity. Not only by the kingdom, our enemy will be scared by the challenge of the empire. Our enemies lies on the other side of Narmada. Years ago those Aryans have snatched away everything from us. Our land. Our reputation. Our respects. Everything. They didn't even spare our Mahisiya Mountain, our pilgrimage. I just have one aim. I want to return my Dravid Empire, what belongs to them. If anyone will protest against my this aim, I will never accept him as a Dravid and that person will be my first enemy".