Tale Of Hindustan Retold: Gupta Twice-Born
Palace Guard with Two LeopardsAs evening falls, the fat merchant sits by the fire and regales you and the rest of the court with stories of his travels. His appetite seems insatiable, but as you do not wish to prove a poor host, you order your servants to bring in a second serving.
“Great goodness, what marvelous food have you brought today?! Are all your honored guests welcomed with such a magnificent display?” said the peculiar trader. He could not stop licking his fingers from the honey sauce that had remained after devouring the offered delicacy
“Only to those who offer a significant exchange in return… as a merchant, I am sure you understand”
The fat merchant nodded with an absent mind as he gazed the interior of the palace. It was a welcome change from the dust ridden roads and the flea infested hostels he would usually spend his night…
…but what if each night was like the one he was experiencing? What if servants brought food and drink and he would sleep in a fine, comfortable bed with a warm fire to soften the cold? Or he could indulge in a hot bath and enjoy the luxuries of royalty, without being one himself?
“Perhaps Your Grace we can strike a bargain… for each night of hospitality, I shall orate you a tale from the mystical realm of Hindustan.”
“In fact I shall tell you the fable of the House of Gupta, of a family as noble as that of the Karlings of Europe which rose from obscurity back to the seat of kings.. When in the time they ruled it was a Golden Age undreamed of, even in these parts of the Earth..”
Very well then….
Tell us more of this mythical realm of Hindustan…
Tell us more of this mythical realm of Hindustan…
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A. Songs of the Bengali Gupta Maharajas
I. Maharaja Ramagupta ‘the Usurper’
II. Maharaja Ranasura 'the Wise'
III. Maharaja Ramagupta ‘the Unfortunate’ – Maharaja Ranasura II ‘the Dull’
B. Hymns of the Universal Rulers – Samrats Chakravatins
II. Samrat Parikshitnayaran ‘the Fat’A. The Great Conquest of Rajastan – The Crown Jewel of the Samrat – Betrayal by the beneficiaries
B. Crushed Defiance to the Samrat – The Gupta Empire expands to the South- Rise of the Crusader Kings
III. The Universal Ruler of all India: Samrat Chakravartin Raghudev GuptaB. Crushed Defiance to the Samrat – The Gupta Empire expands to the South- Rise of the Crusader Kings
C. The Golden Age of Gupta Hindustani Islam I
From Iranshahr to the Gates of Anatolia
C. The Golden Age of Gupta Hindustani Islam II
The Conquest of Greece / The Time of Kalki and the Fall of Rome/ An Age of Declared Peace and Immortality
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