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"Let me tell another story of Rishi Nar," Kritvarma excitedly spoke.

Anviksha laughed, "If you keep fanboying then I will never the story of Harivansh, only of Rishi Nar."

"Okay then," Kritvarma tried to control his excitement, "This story for some other day. Let's start with Harivansh."

"The first King of Harivansh was Raja Haridas, and he was the ansh of Rishi Nar.
Rishi Nar founded this land, this place and let Raja Haridas rule it."

Hrushika stood on the hot land of Pokharan, which was once a land to robbers and bandits.
While making a bridge to Lanka, Shri Ram had shot a divine astra making this kand barren.

Hrushika had chosen this place knowing that Shri Ram had eradicated this place's evil, and this place still had his touch.

The land was rough, the winds blew hot, yet Hrushika did not move.

Wandering, Rishi Nar saw her, she was skinny, her bones stuck out. He knew he should not help her, as it was her penance, but he couldn't watch her this way.

Thus he prayed to Devi Saraswati, who on hearing his request came down on Pokharan in the form of water.

With her presence, the land became good and fertile, but only for some time, as even Devi Mahavidya wasn't able to bear the prowess of Shri Ram's divine astra.

She then bent down and flew from inside the land, saying, "Rishi Nar, this land is fertile now, but when the dawn of Kalyug is close, I will leave and this will be barren again."

Rishi Nar nodded, she could only hold it for some time, till Kalyug came.

With the newer fertile land, many scholars and brave warriors came here to make their home.

With growing population, they needed a ruler, and they came to Rishi Nar, "Bhagwan, you have made this land a heaven, help us again," They pleaded.

Knowing their dilemma, Rishi Nar uttered a few holy words and took a few drops of water from his Kamandal and threw it on the ground where his shadow rested.

From those droplets of water, a child was formed.

"This child will be your King, his name will be Haridas," Rishi Nar handing the people his Ansh.

"But Prabhu? He is a small kid? We cannot wait till he grows." The people, spoke again.

"My powers cannot do anything further. Take him to Tapasvi Hrushika, and in her shadow you will find your answers."

When the people placed the baby in the shadow of Hrushika, who was busy in her tapasya, the child grew and slowly turned into an adult.

With Rishi Nar and Hrushika's ansh in him, he was the wisest and bravest man.

Haridas then named the Kingdom Khandava, which was a glorious nation.

Then many Kings after Haridas continued the legacy of Harivansh, and maintained it's glory.

Until Takshak came, with his book, he was almost undefeated, thus he successfully killed the last remains members of Harivansh ending the dynasty on Earth.

"The Harivansh really ended? I mean there could be someone alive, right?" She asked, her eyes were filled with pain.
Such a glorious dynasty, wasted to nothing?

"When Takshak entered, the ruling King was Raja Haridas III and his family included his wife, and two sons, who were two years and seven months old.

Takshak killed his sons, tortured and killed the King. While the Queen threw herself in an Agni Kund before Takshak could touch her."

Kritvarma said, his eyes slightly wet, he had never met them, yet their story bought him pain.

"Umm- Mahamantri Kritvarma, you just spoke about Rishi Nar, and Takshak? What about the Kings of Harivansh?" Anviksha asked, she herself did not wish to hear more about deaths.

"Umm," Kritvarma looked above for a second, "The story of Raja Pruthu, grandson of Raja Haridas I."

Pruthu was nineteen years old, when a mad elephant had entered their Kingdom and was creating havoc. He volunteered himself to go and fight against that elephant.

Knowing his power and strength, his father allowed him.

Armed with several weapons, seated on a horse, Pruthu entered the open arena where the elephant was running and destroying everything.

He took his bow and arrow, and aimed perfectly; And when he was about to shoot, he saw the red glistening eyes of the animal, those dark orbs were filled with pain.

Pruthu threw his bow on the ground and discarded all his weapon, he got down from his horse, and slowly waked towards the huge animal.

His head was bowed down and hands straight up in air, a sign of peace, his pace was like that of an tortoise, not wanting to startle the elephant.

"Shaant," Pruthu muttered softly. 

He looked in the elephant's eyes, conveying he meant no harm. 
The elephant, understanding it, sat down near Pruthu, touching the young man with his trunk.

"He calmed down an elephant, okay, it's good but isn't it too small to be noted in history?" Inquired Anviksha.

Kritvarma laughed, "The story doesn't end here, few years later."

There was a forest fire, and all the animals ran away to a clear ground in the middle of the forest, among those animals was the same elephant that Pruthu had calmed.

After all animals had settled tightly in the ground, the was no space left, not even to accommodate a single ant.

The elephant felt itchy, and lifted his one leg to scratch, when he went down to place his leg down, he noticed a rabbit had taken the spot. 

He had a choice, he could keep his leg but then the rabbit would die. Then Pruthu's voice 'Shaant' rang in his brains. 

He did kept his one leg, lifted up in air. The forest fire went for three days, and for three days the elephant kept his leg in air.

When the fire finally ended, animals rushed back, and the elephant kept his leg down. Due to the impact, the ground shook violently for a minute. And then the elephant collapsed down, the strain and hunger of three days took over, and the elephant died on the spot.

The ground shook again, more violently. 

Soon, Pruthu, now a King came and saw the elephant, he did not know what had happened, but he hugged the elephants and cried, for the animal was his friend.

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How was the chapter?

The whole story comes from my imagination, of both Harivansh and Pruthu.

The name Pruthu comes from a Suryavanshi king Pruthu.