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Thursday, October 23, 2014

X was a courtesan in the city of Vaishali, the capital city of the Lichchavi Clan, one of the eight Kshatriya clans that had united to form the Vajjian confederacy. The Vajjian confederacy is reputed to be the world’s oldest democracy where the King was elected by an electoral college consisting of princes and nobles from the Kshatriya clans. Many young nobles of the republic desired her company. 
later invaded Vaishali due a dispute with his brothers. He was so moved by X's  beauty that when X was imprisoned, he burned the whole of Vaishali. Almost everyone died in the massacre, except his beloved X, but when she saw the condition of her motherland, she renounced her love to him.
Identify X and Y?

1 comment:

debasish said...

X is Amrapali n Y is Ajatashatru

Thursday, October 23, 2014

X was a courtesan in the city of Vaishali, the capital city of the Lichchavi Clan, one of the eight Kshatriya clans that had united to form the Vajjian confederacy. The Vajjian confederacy is reputed to be the world’s oldest democracy where the King was elected by an electoral college consisting of princes and nobles from the Kshatriya clans. Many young nobles of the republic desired her company. 
later invaded Vaishali due a dispute with his brothers. He was so moved by X's  beauty that when X was imprisoned, he burned the whole of Vaishali. Almost everyone died in the massacre, except his beloved X, but when she saw the condition of her motherland, she renounced her love to him.
Identify X and Y?

1 comment:

debasish said...

X is Amrapali n Y is Ajatashatru