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Episode-34
The remaining alive prisoners told Chandragupt that this was all due to Kaaravee's right hand Baalee. He used to do lots of atrocities on people. Chandragupt asked them if anyone saw any Muraa named woman there. They told that there were many prisoners there, it was not easy to remember all names but they could find out from the elephant pillar because all the names were engraved there on it. So they all came to Chaanakya but Chaanakya had gone from there. So they again set off in search of Chaanakya.

On the way they heard an announcement that everybody had to show his ID and whoever will fail to show it will be imprisoned. When he came to Maa asking her ID, she could not show it, nor she could speak anything. He started beating her. As he raised his hand to whip her, Chandragupt held his whip and said - "She cannot speak. She is my mother." In the meantime Bhadrasaal ran away from there. People ran behind him to catch him and caught him, but during that time Chandragupt also ran away with Maa. Chandragupt hid Maa somewhere. They took Bhadrasaal to prison. Chandragupt came to Chaanakya to inform all this, but he did not find him there. At last he found him and told him that Bhadrasaal has been arrested and

Chaanakya knew that they will all be caught, so he remembered a man named Dadheechi who lived there. he went to him and asked him - "Could you tell me such a place which is out of danger and the safest. Dadheechi said - "They took us blindfold, so I don't remember much, but I remember this much that there was stony soil, because when they were dragging me my back was wounded."

In the meantime Chandragupt came there and told him that he has known that where is that 3-Elephant Pillar. Chaanakya said - "I know it is in the mining area. Chandragupt further told him that Badar Bhatt was caught and had been taken as prisoner to Kaaravee's palace.

Chaanakya thought of a plan. He asked Dadheechi if he had that poison which made a person unconscious for 8 Prahar (24 hours). He said, "Yes" and brought that poison to Chaanakya. Chaanakya said - "Are you ready Chandragupt? Now is the time to act. Take one vow that whenever you will have to choose between your mother and world welfare, you will always choose world welfare." Chandragupt said - "I will." Chaanakya told him his plan and injected that poison in his body. Chandragupt got unconscious within seconds.

Chaanakya went to Kaaravee Naath, handed over Chandragupt to him and asked to release Badar Bhatt in exchange of him. Kaaravee asked him why was he doing that? He said to Kaaravee - "He is the same boy to whom you wanted to arrest but could not arrest him. Now I have made him unconscious by the use of poison for 8 Prahar. Take him and give my disciple whom you have arrested. By doing this nobody will know the inefficiency of your army that they could not arrest Chandragupt." Chaanakya further said to Kaaravee - "Let me tell you one thing more, this boy is not from Tapolee still he is helping people of Tapolee." And he went away from there.

Badar Bhatt asked him - "Why did you surrender Chandragupt for him? I allowed them to capture me to save Chandragupt and you handed over to him to free me? Chaankaya said - "Wait for the time. Curiosity before time deludes the mined."
This was the first and the greatest conspiracy of Chaanakya against Nand.

Nand got the message of Chaanakya sent to Chitraroopaa that he had joined Kaaravee to deceive Nand. Nand immediately sent this message to Amaatya that Kaaravee had joined Chaanakya to deceive us, that is why I order you to take charge of our Royal Treasury." And he sent that message letter to Chitraroopaa as if it reached him un-intercepted.

Chandragupt had came into senses and as he came into senses, the guard informed Kaaravee about it. Chandragupt thought that what Aachaaarya did with him that he does not remember anything. Then he sensed that he was in the jail of Kaaravee Naath. At the same time his eyes fell on a paper stuck to his shoe. he took ot the paper and started acting according to it.

Hearing that Chandragupt had woken up, Kaaravee came there and asked him who was he and where he has come from? Chandragupt said - "I have come from Tapolee." But Kaaravee knew that he was not from Tapolee so he started beating him compelling him to speak truth. When Kaaravee started beating him, Chandragupt told him that if he knew that Kaaravee has troubled him so much he would not leave him alive. Kaaravee could not think whom he was talking about that "he would not leave him alive." So he asked him that who was that "he" who would not leave him alive. Chandragupt told him that "he" was Dhanaanand and Chandragupt is his special secret spy.

Episode 35
As Kaaravee heard the name of Nand, his hands got lose on Chandragupt, but he did not believe him.
Chandragupta asked him - "If you don't believe me, do not believe, but when you will get his message tomorrow, then only you will believe me. Nand hates you."
"But why would he choose a young boy like you?"
"Because he thought that such a young boy can do all this very easily and nobody will doubt on such a young boy. I can tell you the whereabouts of the Royal Treasury, which is known only to his trusted people."
"Where is it?"
"It is in the mines of Lokhandee. You just wait for the message from Magadh." So Kaaravee stopped and went to his palace. Next day he asked his people - "Did you get any message from Nand?" "No."

Chaanakya sent a message to Chitraroopaa - "We have joined Kaaravee and we will rob the Royal Treasury of Lokhandee. You stay there. Burn this message after reading it." After reading this message, Chitraroopaa was about to burn the letter that Nand came there and asked her "What are you doing, Chitraroopaa?" Chitraroopaa said smilingly - "Nothing, My dance Guru has come here and he is not well, so I was thinking to see him."
"Why not? Tomorrow we ourselves will make the arrangement to send you there."

All, Shashaank, Digvijaya, Purush Datt and Badar Bhatt, were worried about Chandragupt and they were questioning Chaanakya about him that if he were caught and Kaaravee killed him, then?"
Chaanakya said - "Have you heard the name of Alexander (Sikandar)?"
"Yes. He has won the whole Persia."
Chaanakya said - "And I have no doubt that he will win the whole world too. He is not like us who gets scared of taking risks. He has come near Sindh. If your scheme looks like a dream (imaginary) make it true. Make a wish, follow it with rigorously and die for it even if you have to. This the maxim of success."

Dadheechi told that Amaatya Raakshas was coming to Lokhandee from Magadh. Kaaravee thought, "Why Amaatya was coming to Lokhandee?" So he went to Chandragupt and asked him - "What are your plans?" Chandragupta said - "If you spare my life, then whatever I am doing for Nand, I can do it for you too. I will rob Magadh Royal Treasury and give it to you, so that you can defeat Nand."
"If I will kill you now?"
"Yes, You can do it, but you will not find such a trained man like me who has the knowledge of those tunnels which were dug to hide the Treasury. You will gather all your force and we will go to the Treasury. Some of them are already in the mining area. If my people have looted it before you took any decision, then you will be trapped in your own trap. Some of the people of my group have already reached there."
So Kaaravee spared Chandragupt and he came back with Kaaravee to his people and said to them - "Now the situation has changed We are now friends. I have made him our friend keeping your welfare in mind." But still they were not believing this and said - "We cannot tolerate cheating with Chandragupt." So Kaaravee put all of them in Jail and made an announcement of this too.

Chandragupt's friends were still angry. Dadheechi was also brought, Kaaravee also came. Chandragupt said - "You may kill all of them, I can do your work even alone." Kaaravee said - "But you were saying that you cannot do it alone. Now what happened? Do you think I am a fool?" So he ordered to kill them all. Chandragupt explained them all to agree with Kaaravee otherwise they will all be killed. All understood. They agreed with Kaaravee. Chandra told them to take him to the mine then he would see himself. Kaaravee again said - "But I cannot trust your story so kill them all in the morning."

Everybody was worried as there was no further instruction from Chaanakya.

A man came and delivered a message to Amaatya and said - "Nand has ordered that this message should be delivered to you before you meet Kaaravee."
Amaatya met Kaaravee, Kaaravee asked him - "What has brought you here?"
Amaatya said - "There was lots of revolution in Tapolee, that is why I came to see it."
"But you don't worry, we have arrested all of them and passed the life sentence to them."
Amaatya asked Kaaravee - "Is Royal Treasury secured?"
"Yes."
"But because of security reasons I have taken its security in my own hands."
"Why? Has Nand stopped trusting me?"
Amaatya explained to Kaaravee - "No, No, not like that, but there is no harm in keeping extra security. Till the situation becomes normal. You are free from the responsibility of the Royal Treasury."
Kaaravee said - "All right, But Mining area will still be under me."
Amaatya said - "You are the Saamant of Magadh, not the King, so hand over the responsibility to us."
Kaaravee said - "All right, Then save your Royal Treasury."
Thus Chaanakya's first conspiracy became successful. Kaaravee did the same what he wanted him to do.

Dadheechi did not approve Chaanaky's plan so he was very angry at Chaanakya. Kaaravee went to Chandragupt and his friends and he freed from the life sentence saying that "Whatever you were saying that was true. Amaatya has already come here to take the Royal Treasury with his army." Chandragupt said - "Now you will see, that Nand will throw you out insulting you."

Episode 36
Kaaravee said to Chandragupt - "I will send you in the mines, but you are children. If you tried to cheat me anytime then I will kill you. Amaatya and his soldiers have entered the mines, they will always be there only. It is not a big problem, because when they have not seen you, how can they recognize you?" And Kaaravee sent them in mines.

When Chandragupt reached there he saw the three elephant pillar there, Dadheechi recognized the pillar. As one prisoner told Chandragupt that he could find all prisoners' names on that pillar, Chandragupt tries to find his mother's name on that pillar. He finds Muraa's name there. Dadheechi warns him that he should not face Baalee because if he would come in front of Baalee he would not leave him alive. The then somebody hit Digvijaya with the whip. When hit him second time, Chandragupt held his whip in his hand. That man wanted to hit Digvijaya again Kaaravee held his hand saying that Digvijaya was in their favor.

Nand took Chitraroopaa to her Guru and he threw her in the midst of the forest and said - "Why did you deceive us? And the question is not only this, but the question is that you considered us so foolish." Chitraroopaa said - "This is not Chaanakya's fight, this is my own fight. This is the revenge of my husband's killing." Nand said - "Now we have understood that this Chaanakya is using our enemies against us only. You get ready to go to Lokhandee from Paataliputra.

Kaaravee warned Baalee about Chandragupt and instructed him that whenever he finds them anytime doubtful, he might deal with them accordingly. if your statements were true then I will give whatever you would ask. he told Chandragupt the whereabouts of the Treasury and told him to be careful from Amaatya. Baalee guided them towards the Treasury. Amaatya's guards wanted to search them, but Baalee saved them. After their time was over the guards went away, and another set of guards was to replace them, only that time was with Chandragupt to enter the Treasury. So they entered the Treasury and start doing their work that Amaatya came there. He noticed that the security was not tight there, but Baalee assured him that since he was there, Amaatya need not to worry about it at all. But Amaatya still entered the treasury room. seeing this Baalee sent Chandragupt's friends out of the room, but Chandragupt still remained there. Amaatya immediately smelt that somebody came there, he said to Baalee - "It seems that somebody came here but you have not been able to catch him, so now I take its security in my hands." And he posted his Magadh's army there and instructed those soldiers that "Do not let anybody come there without my permission."

Baalee reported this to Kaaravee, Kaaravee asked him - "But how Amaatya reached there?" He handed over the children to Baalee. Chandragupt said - "Now we will have to think some other alternative." Dadheechi recollected that they dug some other tunnel also, but Kaaravee told them that it was closed. Chandragupt said - "We will dig it again." Kaaravee got ready for this and Baalee took them to a place and told them to dig it from there. Nobody will be able to know about it.

Episode 37
Chandragupt Finds the Tunnel
Chandragupt and his friends started digging the tunnel from there. They were digging in different directions. At the same time Kaaravee came there and asked Amaatya - "Why did you dismiss my people? We had already discussed about cooperation." Amaatya said - "In fact we came here for inspection, but we found there was somebody here and your people could not arrest him, that is why I dismissed them. I know more than you about the security of this place. Don't even try to take the King's Treasury. You are not punished for the same reason - because you are the brother of the King - it maybe half brother."

Chandragupt left Shashaank and Digvijaya outside for vigilance and he  proceeded in the tunnel with Dadheechi. Both contiued to dig the tunnel but they could not find the way to Treasury. Dadheechi felt hungry so he asked Chandragupt also to eat something. Chandragupt was a little disappointed so he did not want to eat anything. Dadheechi remembered that last time when he was digging the tunnel, he threw a pice of bread and a mouse came there, so he threw a few pieces of his bread and a few rats came there. With the help of rats they found the old tunnel. Chandragupt said - "Kaaravee does not know that we have known the tunnel and we will not tell him also, then one day we ourselves will loot that treasury."

Kaaravee also came there. Seeing Kaaravee coming there Chandragupt asked Dadheechi to move from there but Dadheechi was not moving from there. He wanted to see the gold. Chandragupt came out from there. Kaaravee threatened all of them - Chandraggupt, Shashaank and Digvijaya, that if his work was not done he would kill all of them. The then he remembered that these boys were four and there were only three, where was the fourth one? That dwarf? At the same time Dadheechi also came there. he got one gold ornament and brought it from there. Dadheechi had found the tunnel.

Digvijaya asked - "How we will go from here taking so much gold from under this strict security?" Dadheechi said - "Many dead bodies go from here daily. We will keep gold with them and will take it out when they will be out."
Chandragupt said - "It is wrong."
Dadheechi said - "You are talking about ideals."
Chandraggupt said - "Ideals are the only difference between human beings and animals. We will bury it here somewhere inside and will take it out later, because if it is seen by somebody, we all will be killed."

All sent Chandragupt out to have some cool air, so Chandragupt again got the opportunity to look for his mother. He started asking everybody about his mother - "Have you seen the prisoners who have come from Magadh?" Baalee noticed it and he sent him back on the work and asked his men to keep strict vigilance on them.

Chaanakya used to change his residences. Badar Bhatt expressed his doubt that is it not that Kaaravee who had imprisoned Chandragupt? Chaanakya said - "Think positive, not negative."

While going in the tunnel, Chandragupt smelt a dead rat, so he asked Dadheechi - "How did this rat die here?" Dadheechi showed him the poisonous creepers growing around and said - "Whoever even touches these creepers, he will die. It seems that these creepers have been grown here later. But the what we can do now?" Chandragupt said - "But we have to proceed." Dadheechi said - "All right, You stay back, I make some arrangement to remove them." He burnt them with the flame of the torch. After making the creepers non-poisonous, they were proceeding towards the Treasury that a huge stone rolled down towards them.

Episode 37
 

Nand got the message of Chitraroopaa sent to Chaanakya in a code language. She wrote - "You are surrounded by Nand's spies. Take care. I have been appointed the Chief Security Officer of Royal Documents after Amaatya has been imprisoned. I cannot send you the detailed map of the Royal Treasury but I writing this riddle, understand it and do accordingly." After this she wrote the riddle. Amaatya advised Nand that this message should not be sent to Chaanakya, but Nand said - "No This message must reach Chaanakya but with a different riddle. That riddle will not point out towards the Royal Treasury location but will point towards some other place." So the riddle was changed and the message was sent to Chaanakya.

When Chaanakya received Chitraroopaa's message, he understood that there was some mischief somewhere. It was altered and now they were not safe. they must leave the place as soon as possible, because Kaaravee's people must be looking for them everywhere and will come there soon. So he ordered Chandragupt, Shashaank and Digvijaya to go separately, to Bhadra to take Maa and transfer her somewhere else in a safe place.

Chaanakya sent to Chitraroopaa through his spy, he sent it back to Chitraroopaa with a little modification in the riddle

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