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A successful persons life is made up of a time when he gets out of bed, and a time he goes to the bed:
And in Between them is filled up with a time that he makes sure something definitely happened!

About Chanakya

There is little purely historical information about Chanakya: most of it comes from semi-legendary accounts. There are 4 versions which elucidate the story of chanakya.

They are :

1.     Buddhist version

2.     Jain version

3.     Kashmiri version

4.     Vishakadatta s version

Here I’m going with Buddhist version.

Chanakya was born to his brahmin parents in the year of 371 BC.

the birth place still not perfectly known. Though it is considered as Kusumpura near Patlipura (present day Patna), but according to Buddhist texts, his birth place was Taxila. When Chanakya was born he had a full set of teeth, according to Monks, it was a sign that he would become a king or an emperor. But since he was born in a Brahmin family, it was considered inappropriate. Thus, his teeth were broken and it was predicted that he would make another person a king and rule through him.

Even as a child, Chanakya had the qualities of a born leader. His level of knowledge was beyond children of his age.

Chanankya began studying vedas at a very early age. he had a high-quality attraction closer to politics. he turned into a scholar of politics right from child hood. called a masterful political strategist, He knew how to put his own people in the opposite camp and spy the enemy without his knowledge before destroying him forever. Chanakya was an ace in turning tables in his favor irrespective of the circumstances. He never budged to pressure tactics by the ruthless politicians.

Chanakya had an ugly appearance, accentuated by his broken teeth and crooked feet.

One day, the king Dhana Nanda organized an alms-giving ceremony for Brahmins.

Chanakya went to Pupphapura (Pushpapura) to attend this ceremony. Disgusted by his ugly appearance, the king ordered him to be thrown out of the assembly.

Chanakya then broke his sacred thread in anger, and cursed the king. The king ordered his arrest, but Chanakya escaped in the disguise of an Ājīvika.

He befriended Dhananada's son Pabbata, and instigated him to seize the throne. With help of a signet ring given by the prince, Chanakya fled the palace through a secret door.

Chanakya then escaped to the Vinjha forest. There, he made 800 million gold coins (kahapanas) using a secret technique that allowed him to turn 1 coin into 8 coins.

After hiding this money, he started searching for a person worthy of replacing Dhana Nanda.

 One day, he saw a group of children playing: the young Chandragupta played the role of a king, while other boys pretended to be vassals, ministers, or robbers. The "robbers" were brought before Chandragupta, who ordered their limbs to be cut off, but then miraculously re-attached them. Chandragupta had been born in a royal family, but was brought up by a hunter after his father was killed by an usurper, and the devatas caused his mother to abandon him. Astonished by his miraculous powers, Chanakya paid 1000 gold coins to his foster-father, and took him away promising to teach him a trade.

Chanakya now had two potential successors to Dhana Nanda: Pabbata and Chandragupta.

He gave each of them a chain to be worn around the neck with a woolen thread.

One day, he decided to test them. While Chandragupta was asleep, he asked Pabbata to remove Chandragupta's woolen thread without breaking it and without waking up Chandragupta.

Pabbata failed to accomplish this task. Some time later, when Pabbata was sleeping, Chanakya challenged Chandragupta to complete the same task. Chandragupta retrieved the woolen thread by cutting off Pabbata's head.

For the next 7 years, Chanakya trained Chandragupta for royal duties. When Chandragupta became an adult, Chanakya dug up his hidden treasure of gold coins, and assembled an army.

The army of Chanadragupta and Chanakya invaded Dhana Nanda's kingdom, but they faced a severe defeat many times.

While wandering in disguise, the two men once listened to the conversation between a woman and her son.

 the kid had eaten the center of a cake, and thrown away the edges. the woman scolded him, saying that he changed into consuming food like chandragupta, who attacked the central part of the kingdome in preference to conquering the border villages first. chanakya and chandragupta found out their mistake. they assembled a brand new military, and commenced conquering the border villages. gradually, they advanced to the dominion's capital pataliputra , in which they killed the king dhana nanda.

 Chanakya then anointed Chandragupta as the new king, and tasked a man named Paṇiyatappa with eliminating rebels and robbers from the kingdom.

Then Chanakya started mixing small doses of poison in the new king's food to make him immune to poisoning attempts by the enemies. Chandragupta, who was not aware of this, once shared the food with his pregnant queen, who was seven days away from delivery. Chanakya arrived just as the queen ate the poisoned morsel. Realizing that she was going to die, Chanakya decided to save the unborn child. He cut off the queen's head and cut open her belly with a sword to take out the foetus. Over the next seven days, he placed the foetus in the belly of a goat freshly killed each day. After seven days, Chandragupta's son was "born". He was named Bindusara, because his body was spotted with drops ("bindu") of goat's blood.

Chandraguptha handed over the responsibility of the state to bindusaara when he become adult.

Chanakya continued as Prime minister in the court of bindusaara.

Chanakya was the best strategist in the Indian history. Indian history will be incomplete without mentioning him. His writings reveal his rigid way of thinking. For some people he looks like a man with stone heart. For a man who has risen from scratch to take down an entire empire with his wisdom and strategy.

After acquiring vast knowledge in various branches of study he wanted everyone to get benefited. He was also so famous in the university that he had many nick names.

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