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    Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India
    Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India
    Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India
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    Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India

    By Raja Sharma

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    Vasantasena was an extremely beautiful courtesan in the ancient town of Ujjaini. This story is the story of her love and struggles.

    To find her love and proper place in the society, she has to go through many ordeals in life. Originally, the story was written in Sanskrit language but in this English version all details have been provided.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateAug 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465818362
    Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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      Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India - Raja Sharma

      Vasantasena-A Glimpse of Ancient India

      By Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2011Raja Sharma

      Smashwords Edition

      Preface

      Vasantasena was an extremely beautiful courtesan in the ancient town of Ujjaini. This story is the story of her love and struggles.

      To find her love and proper place in the society, she has to go through many ordeals in life. Originally, the story was written in Sanskrit language but in this English version all details have been provided.

      This is the story of love, deception, and justice.

      This book is dedicated to my wife, Sita, and my daughters, Marie and Sherry.

      Raja Sharma

      Chapter 1

      Vasantasena

      In ancient India, there was a very prosperous town named Ujjaini. The people in town had all the comforts and luxuries at their disposal. The town was a famous centre of trade, music, and literature. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra all lived together in perfect harmony. But, on account of excessive prosperity, many evil practices had made their place in this society. The power of the king was diminishing because of the power of the rich aristocrats. The security was not so good, and very often kings were replaced after internal uprisings. Gambling, stealing, cheating, and robbing began to spread in the society. The people near to the throne had their way in everything. There was the effect of the Buddhism but it was not protected by the king. Useless people and rogues had occupied the Buddhist monasteries.

      The prosperity had brought along prostitution, with other evil practices. Liberal economy had weakened the characters of the people.

      In this prosperous kingdom of Ujjaini, one night, the famous singer Vasantasena was running along the Royal Highway. The area was absolutely deserted and only the sound of her steps could be heard. Sansthanak, the king’s brother-in-law, was chasing Vasantasena, with her servants. He is shouting, VashantShena Shtop! He pronounces ‘sh’ in place of ‘s’. On account of this pronunciation, he was called Shakar by people.

      Vasantasena is trembling with fear; she knows that it would be impossible for her to escape from the clutches of Sansthanak, once she fell into them.

      Suddenly, Vasantasena shouted, Pallavak…Pallavak! Madanike…Madanike!

      When she saw that there was no help nearby, she said to herself, What will happen now? Where are my relatives? What should I do? I must protect myself!

      Now Shakar was near her and he said, You…cheap singer! What do you think you are? I am king’s brother-in-law. No one will come to help you because I am King’s brother-in-law. No one can save you from my hands now!

      When she saw that there was no escape, Vasantasena said to Shakar, Aryan, please forgive me. I am an unfortunate orphan!

      Shakar said, That is why you are still alive!

      Vasantasena

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