I. (Cont.)
Coming from all sides are the Tripuris, they are the largest in number by far. There are many horse-mounters among them, the women covered in more elaborate clothings, and they too love music. The Tripuris have numerous elephants in their flight, although the elephants have none but the operator on each of their backs. These elephants are offerings to the king. The other tribals are also bringing various offerings, regardless of the degree of magnificence. Sacks full of premium cotton, sacks packed with tangerines of Jampui hills, passionately stringed batches of pineapples, finest of fresh Joom harvests, several fawns... Today is Vijayadashami, and there's a grand feast to be held in the capital.
From various places of the state, thus, these people are heading towards the capital. Some of the collectives have set on the journey two-three days earlier so that they might reach there by the evening of Vijayadashami. The king's invitation is absolute.
By the reclining end of the royal palace's hallway is standing, in a ruminative mood, Maharaja Birchandra Manikya, of the Chandra lineage. He's a sovereign even in the widespread British-governed India. Legends say that he's a descendant of Mahabharata's Yayati. On the text, Maharaja Yayati, being dissatisfied with with various desires, had asked for youth to be lended from his sons. Whichever of the unlucky ones among them had refused, or was unable to meet this absurd demand, was banished by the angered Yayati. Among the banished was one called Druhya, who had abandoned Aryavarta and travelled many miles to settle in the outskirts of north-eastern India: Kirat. There he defeated the regional king to establish a new dominion: Tripura. According to that legend, the unbroken lineage- the Chandra Dynasty's One-Seventy-Fifth's inheritor is Maharaja Birchandra Manikya.
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Melancholia Mk. 2 XLVI / দক্ষিণ II