Extract from Wikipedia Brahmanical Tradition Cosmogony and the Antediluvian history [ edit ] According to the Vedic traditions, human history proceeds in cycles, dependent on the evolutions and dissolutions of the world. Time is divided into four ages – Krita Yuga , Treta Yuga , Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga – collectively forming one Maha Yuga . Seventy-one Mahayugas form a Manvantara , a period of time over which a Manu presides. In each cycle, this Manu is the first man and also the first king and lawgiver. Every Manvantara has its own set of Indra , gods and seven sages. Fourteen Manvantara create a Kalpa (aeon) , after which the creation comes to a close in a periodical destruction called Pralaya . After that, the creation starts all over again in an endless cycle of evolutions and dissolutions. The traditions relate that the present Kalpa is called Varaha . Out of the fourteen manvantaras ...
Today I would like to discuss two strategists one in the Indian legendary book Mahabharta called Shakuni responsible for Mahabharata war and a female strategist in Andhra responsible for the Palnadu war and the darker side of strategy which these two people used to cause differences between people and further fan the differences to such a extent so that the two parties eventually would end up killing each other and thus causing the downfall of the kingdoms of the two parties involved in the fight and a significant loss of kith and kin and relatives in the war they fought.
I would like to point few similarities between the two stories one is a real story that happened in palnadu and one is written in a book called Mahabharata which many people in India believe to be true.
Shakuni was the brother of Duryodhana's mother called Gandhari and he ruled the present day afghanistan and surrounding area.Duryodhana and his brothers once fought with pandavas and made fun of them that their fathers are Indra,Vayu,Yama,Ashwini devatas and then pandavas also made fun of them that they are the children of a widow and Gandhari married a goat before marrying Dritharashtra and this was not revealed to anyone.Duryodhana attacks the kingdom of Shakuni and starves to death all of Shakuni's brothers and his father and Duryodhana gives one grain a day to all the people in the prison.Shakuni survives this holocaust and Duryodhana keeps him with him so that he can live with them.Shakuni swears vengeance on Kuru kingdom and strategizes for its downfall.He fans the enemity and differences that exist between kauravas and pandavas and tries to kill pandavas in a home made of lac,he also makes sure that the kingdom is divided into two when pandavas return unscathed due to the help they receive from Krishna,he advises duryodhana to call pandavas for a gambling game and he fixes the game and makes pandavas lose the entire kingdom and cause insult to Draupadi.When Krishna comes for a diplomatic mission for compromise then he doesn't allow this to happen which eventually results in war and downfall of the kuru kingdom.This is also called kutila neeti in India or is called mitrabedha technique as per panchtantra which is another strategy text and is the darker side of a strategist.
Similarly in Palnadu there was a difference between the velama ruler and the prime minister brahma naidu and the brahmin priests on allowing the lower caste people equal status and allowing them to Shiva temples.The brahmin priests sends the women strategist Nagamma to make sure brahma naidu is sent out of the kingdom and also loses his prime ministerial position.She takes the rule of the kingdom for one day as she had that power granted to her for one day and becomes the prime advisor of the velama king who is in agreement with her over not allowing lower caste people to the shiva temples as this may cause the neighbouring kingdoms to attack their kingdom and is also doubtful on brahma naidu that he is trying to create situations that will make him the king of the kingdom.She creates a theft and varios riots in the kingdom and helds brahma naidu responsibe for this and asks him to leave the kingdom during that one day rule of her.Then one brother of the velama king goes along with brahma naidu and asks for partition of the kingdom..Then she calls the other brother for a cock fight game and the puts a condition that the loser should go on to live in forests for 7 years.Nagamma fixes this cock fight game by putting a poisonous knife to her cock and then asks the velama king with Brahma Naidu to leave the kingdom to live in forests for 7 years.Then she calls the son in law of the velama king for a diplomacy mission and kills him by poisoning his milk.Then the war ensues and all the velama clan is killed in this Palnadu war.Nagamma later regrets her tasks and her propensity for vengeance and turns into a saint but the damage is done.
In India today the darker side of Strategist plays a major rule in gaining leadership positions and also to cause damage to the society by fanning the mutual differences that exist between different parties involved.I will discuss the positive side of Strategist from Krishna's life in another article.
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